You know, its funny. I saw John Curan at NANOG this past week and started thinking about the tribute he gave to Jon back then. Time does indeed fly with wings of eagles. There are a few men and women in every great endeavor without which it might well never have come to pass. Jon was one such. I didn't know him, but I knew the work he did. Gratitude is well earned. -Wayne On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 07:32:53AM +0000, Celeste Anderson wrote:

Rodney, et al.,

Am glad to be an old person who does remember Jon. If anyone has special remembrances of Jon and his contributions to networking, please send to me offline. We are preparing some material to be presented at a tribute later this month.

Celeste Anderson Director, Los Nettos USC-ITS celestea@usc.edu ________________________________________ From: Rodney Joffe [rjoffe@centergate.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:13 PM To: NANOG Subject: 15 Years ago today?.

... we lost Jon.

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2468.txt

<sigh>

Given the number of young people in the community who, last year, said "Who?", maybe its time to stop the reminders.

This world is *so* different to the way it was. Getting old sucks.

--- Wayne Bouchard web@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Well said, Josh! I second that sentiment, and something about standing on the shoulders of those giants who came before us is resonating. Regards, Timothy Shortall Assistant Director, Network Infrastructure and Services Division of Information Technology University of Maryland at College Park (301) 405-2994 tshortal@umd.edu -----Original Message----- From: Sholes, Joshua [mailto:Joshua_Sholes@cable.comcast.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:25 AM To: NANOG Subject: Re: 15 Years ago todayŠ. I'm kinda in the same boat as Warren -- I'm 34, and I remember that one of the first things that I read on the NANOG list (having signed up towards the end of my first summer internship) was the news of Jon's death. I'm also with Laurence -- the fact that a lot of younger people said "who" is an opportunity for instruction, not a reason to abandon memorials. More importantly, speaking of younger folks on the list, this is a good reminder to ask yourself: "What can I do to be the kind of inspirational figure that Jon was?" Sure, it's a high bar, but those are worth jumping for. -- Josh Sholes On 10/16/13 3:32 AM, "Celeste Anderson" <celestea@usc.edu> wrote:

Rodney, et al.,

Am glad to be an old person who does remember Jon. If anyone has special remembrances of Jon and his contributions to networking, please send to me offline. We are preparing some material to be presented at a tribute later this month.

Celeste Anderson Director, Los Nettos USC-ITS celestea@usc.edu ________________________________________ From: Rodney Joffe [rjoffe@centergate.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:13 PM To: NANOG Subject: 15 Years ago todayŠ.

... we lost Jon.

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2468.txt

<sigh>

Given the number of young people in the community who, last year, said "Who?", maybe its time to stop the reminders.

This world is *so* different to the way it was. Getting old sucks.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Ray Soucy" <rps@maine.edu>

Thank you for posting this. I was born in 1984 and had no idea. I've spent the last day or so reading up on Jon Postel and his work. What an amazing guy.

Your work here is done, Rod. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274