RE: RIP: Bill Manning

2020-01-29 Thread Celeste Anderson
Definitely sad news. I worked with Bill at ISI when we were forming the MAE-LA-LAAP Internet Exchange and owe a lot of my current contributions to his efforts back then. He had some of the most interesting (and funny after-the-fact) stories surrounding his many international trips, including

Re: RIP: Bill Manning

2020-01-28 Thread Ray Wong
I also had the good fortune of working with Bill. I learned a lot from him, both while he was officially our vendor, and afterwards, when he was always ready and willing to provide insight and advice when I asked. He was absolutely one of those rare individuals who would never hesitate to help out

Re: RIP: Bill Manning

2020-01-28 Thread Don Wilder
I too am saddened by this news. I had the honor to work with Bill during our time together at ARIN. The world is dimmed by his passing. - Don Wilder - Programming today is a race between software engineers

Re: RIP: Bill Manning

2020-01-27 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Chris Caputo posted the following to the SIX mailing list a few days ago. I think this really shows Bill in action, helping a new IX get set up. He will be missed. Bill Manning died unexpectedly this morning, January 25th, at his home. It was Bill's presentations on June 5th, 1997 at NANOG in

Re: RIP: Bill Manning

2020-01-27 Thread Rabbi Rob Thomas
Dear team, I was very sad when I heard this news. Bill was a fun and friendly presence, and patiently mentored me in my early days. I’ll never forget when he scrawled “I love bots” on one of my NANOG badges. I still have it. :) I had the fortune to be on a couple of panels with him, and I

Re: RIP: Bill Manning

2020-01-27 Thread Mel Beckman
: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: RIP: Bill Manning Sad to hear about Bill. I also began my career at a small ISP in Houston where we also had a T1 to SESQUINET, and Bill was already a legend to us Jr. Sysadmins in town in 1995/96. -Andrew On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 2:36 PM Brett Watson mailto:br

Re: RIP: Bill Manning

2020-01-27 Thread Andrew Smith
Sad to hear about Bill. I also began my career at a small ISP in Houston where we also had a T1 to SESQUINET, and Bill was already a legend to us Jr. Sysadmins in town in 1995/96. -Andrew On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 2:36 PM Brett Watson wrote: > I was saddened to see this yesterday, that Bill