Thanks Thierry! And thanks (again) for bringing TeX to Plan 9, and giving us a good walkthrough of the system. So good to put a face to your name and get a chance to chat some!
Paul On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I hadn't time, yesterday, to say goodbye to the attendees except for > very few of them (I hurried to say goodbye to 99% of the team of Nix > and that was about it). > > So to everybody: it was nice meeting you! From time to time, real > meeting is mandatory (as well as for Plan9, real meeting with hardware > is mandatory). > > I apologize once more for my spoken english: I would have never > thought I would fight so much for words when I feel confortable enough > with reading or writing. And since the WIP had to have > a 10 min questions/answers, I considered the few things I wanted to > put on display (on board) not worth a slide. I think I was wrong: the > written support would have helped understand what I was fighting to say. > > For the anecdote: I didn't quit IWP9 as much as I thought since I was > surprised, on the station waiting for the train and in the train, to > see people staring at me. I'm far from my prime, so I > hadn't attracted that much attention since very long ago. Well: > staring at me is not the right word; they were staring at my bosom--- > even stranger... > > I discovered when putting down the backpack in the train that I had > still the nice Glenda pin. Some years ago it would have made me blush; > yesterday, it made me smile. And Glenda stayed where she was till "we" > reached home. > > Keep up with the good work! > > Have a nice week-end, everybody! > -- > Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com> > http://www.kergis.com/ > http://kertex.kergis.com/ > Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf5cd1f2e1b5e80dc-Mc03a36265506868f92be13f8 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
