Jima wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, nick thompson wrote: >> Wayne, I ask you to reconsider, and I think everybody will be able to >> come out of this happy. (and besides, if Jima get's that package in >> fedora extra for you, it'll be that much easier :] ) > > From what I was told by the reporter, the main issue ATM is some > problem with tre (a BuildReq for crm114) crashing under x86_64. As I > don't have any x86_64 machines, I'm going to be limited help there, but > I'm stepping up to clear crm114 as quickly as I can once that's > resolved. (Because after all, more useful software being available to > the average user is generally a good thing.) > >> Anyway, I don't know I just had to write something on this thread as I >> have absolutely great memories of the first tclug meeting (at the mall >> of america, no less...) where ben kochie, a few others and I scrawled >> email addresses on napkins in the food court. This must have been early >> 98 or so maybe late 97, who cares anyway the point is... that day I had >> NO IDEA how great tclug would become. I mean, Bob & team seem to do an >> incredible job making the list do it's thing. And I find it's always >> great to have a linux list that's local, for fun stuff that appeals to >> all of us, some in different ways, beer meetings, hardware exchange, >> hardware sale, hardware recommendations, and of course the non stop >> linux questions... let's make this list the best it can be. > > According to the research I did while looking for a definitive founding > date for the Linux Counter's LUG listing > (http://lugww.counter.li.org/groups.cms?&cc=US&rc=MN), the date of that > first meeting was 1998-02-07. I'm not off-hand finding my source on > that, but I do recall seeing an email that cited that specific date > (else I would have been more vague). I wasn't there, but I'm a bit of a > historian. > > Jima > Jima, Oh thank you so much!!! you just solved a mystery that has been bothering me for years!! i lost my email for 97 & 98 ( don't ask, lessons learned.. ;p) and i have wondered what the date of that food court meeting was for a while now. Thanks! : ) Nick "All unix, all the time." http://npt.ath.cx