- To: Peter Chubb <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Fwd: Club History
- From: Simon Rumble <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:44:52 +1000
- Cc: Steve Demeo <steve.demeo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, slug <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 22 April 2010 07:51, Peter Chubb <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 17 years on, it's still going strong. The original organisers (Rob
> Thomas, Chris Fraser, Jeremy Fitzhardinge and myself) are all still
> active in Linux, but I think I'm the only one left in Sydney. I
> haven't heard anything of Rob for years; Chris is in London, and
> Jeremy in San Francisco.
All Softway alumni, right?
While we're getting nostalgic, I dug up these floppies from my brother's
personal effects:
http://rumble.smugmug.com/photos/535088147_ttzMr-XL-1.jpg
I suspect there were a bunch of people who received their first copies of
Linux from Anthony on floppies much like this. We had a steady stream of
people dropping by to swap blank floppies for copies of Linux.
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Simon Rumble <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>