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Marty's Comments Hello, all I hope that my posting here is not the death knell for Jim's venture. So ofttimes it seems that whenever I toss in my 2 cents, the topic is quashed. I first met Jim about 10 years ago, in early 1997. Jim didn't know how to pronounce "Liiiiii nooks" at the time. We met while my father and I were running an OSS booth at the old [now pulverized] downtown Raleigh Convention Center (...where outside the Acorn dropped each new years' eve for First Night Raleigh...) ...but I digress. He's "The B-52's" of the Linux world here in the triangle. That's where it's at:- bring your jukebox money. Jim is a truly mighty person. When he showed up at our "We are Linux Entreprenuers" booth, my dad (a BSD dude) and I were running back in 1997, Jim was wearing a "Whirled Peas" custom silkscreened T-shirt.(.... get it... "world peace" ... the [.*\@{,99}]#&% regex hippie) Within a month after that, the RAT came to another dad and I ran, effervescing over about the fact that he had purchased an open-source (Beastie-ish) published CD-ROM for 0$0.98 less than we were selling.... when the other table was junk chattle, and we were quite obviously open-source professionals. Oh, yeah, by the way, rat: ...xyz you and the ninety-eight-cent horse you rode in on, cowboy. We !still! have no competition. Over these past 10 years, each of us have gone our own direction. I have suffered as a classroom trainer in UNIX/Linux Systems, and Jim and suffered as a Systems Integrator for Unix/Windows connectivity. (a noble tilting of windmills, Don Q. Jim!, showing bad boys how to play nice) But throughout it all, both he and I have perservered: doing, promoting, and singing praise. From any perspective, these pat many years have have been a "long row to how." Jim has gone begging for good beer (no aluminium, no screw-cap bottles) just as much as I. For some people, Linux is an avocation; a hobby or sideline. For others, such as Jim and I, it is a passion with real meaning, substance,and life experiences, - Like saving a customer a bucket of money through innovative integration. - Like fully indoctraiting/brainwashing a classroom student into the UNIX way. - Like being inexplicably thrilled to meet Linus' wife and kid, baby stroller and all. It's all about the liberalization of technology. So for those of you who truly care about a future for each and every one of us, I would wholeheartedly suggest that you move forward. Hitch your wagon with Jim. He will never be an uber-techno-geek (nor ever will I.) But he understands that 89 % of the iceburg is submerged; and that, my friends is where the Titanic dies, and the real wisdom lies. My Best, Marty |
February 2, 2010IEEE Eastern North Carolina Sections taps Jim Ray, President of Neuse River Networks, to serve as Chair in 2010. Jim currently holds the rank of senior member and has served for nearly 30 years. October 16, 2009Neuse River Networks launches new web site with streaming video. June 2, 2009Neuse River Networks inks deal with MEMScAP to provide ONE Plan managed services and outsourced IT. |
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