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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Well Rob … I am even further out in
the woods … NW of you another 90+ miles in the Perham, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Ottertail</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>
Mills area.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Welcome to the list. I most often lurk
and pick up useful tidbits at they come along.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Robert Nesius<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 21, 2009 10:01
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [tclug-list] New Arrival</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello,<br>
<br>
I just joined the list and wanted to introduce myself. I've relocated
back to MN after a fourteen year stint on the west coast. <br>
<br>
I grew up near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Detroit</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> where I was an Apple
geek since I was 5 years old (go go Apple II!!). My first job out of
college was with Apple, where I spent 2 years doing software configuration and
release management. <br>
<br>
Following Apple I fled from the Silicon Valley and its overpriced real estate
market to the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Silicon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Forest</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State></st1:place>, where I worked within the
part of IT @ Intel responsible for maintaining the silicon design and
validation environments. What was a very large *NIX (AIX/HP-UX/Solaris)
environment became a GNU/Linux environment while I was there. My role was
debugging/building/distribution Open Source tools used within the design and
validation environments world-wide (across Linux and the commercial flavors I
previously mentioned). Quite a lot of interesting problems to solve in an
environment like that. Along the way I traded in my Apple enthusiasm for
FOSS. <br>
<br>
With my family mostly in MN, the advent of parenthood made the distance between
here and there seem immensely greater. I was afforded a chance to
relocate to central MN with my in-laws, and decided to go for it. I'm now
in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Cloud</st1:place></st1:City>
area, and it seems this LUG is the closest one too me. I was hoping for a
LUG in St. Cloud/Central Minnesota - anyone else on the list in my neck of the
woods?<br>
<br>
I'm happy to see there are some kindred spirits here in MN. :) Nice to
meet you all! <br>
<br>
-Rob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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