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members [2014/07/26 06:53] – pezmembers [2021/04/25 21:56] – callum
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-[[http://members.optusnet.com.au/callumgibson|Callum Gibson ]] is a software developer for Deutsche Bank and is married with 4 school-age children.+[[http://members.optusnet.com.au/callumgibson|Callum Gibson ]] is a software developer for Deutsche Bank and is married with 4 live-at-home children.
 He's been using Unix since 1986 when it was introduced to the University of New England where he attended. He's been using Unix since 1986 when it was introduced to the University of New England where he attended.
 After working as a C programmer for a number of years, he finally bought his first PC in 1992 and installed 386bsd 0.1. After working as a C programmer for a number of years, he finally bought his first PC in 1992 and installed 386bsd 0.1.
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-Sean Hall is 23 y.o. +[[schall@westnet.com.au|Sean Hall ]] <html> has been using FreeBSD and NetBSD since 1998, and playing with various Linux distributions since the mid-90s.<br> 
-and currently having a holiday after he quit his last job :) +He is a System Administator and looks (or has looked after), Solaris, Linux, AIX, Tru64 and SCO.<br> 
-He's lived in Sydney for about 12 months now after moving here from Melbourne (by the way, does it ever stop raining here?).  :) +In his spare time (???), Sean enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, programming, running and riding motorbikes far too quickly. 
-Sean's only been running FreeBSD for about 3 months now, but was using Linux before that. +</p> 
-He swapped over for a few reasons, one of them was that he found FreeBSD a lot easier to use. +</html>
-He moved here without finishing his degree so he is considering returning to Uni fulltime, but thinks he may just end up working fulltime and studying parttime. +
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-[[peterNOSPAMjeremy@acm.orgNoSpam|Peter Jeremy]] has been playing with computers for roughly 40 years - initially on IBM mainframes.+[[peterNOSPAMjeremy@acm.orgNoSpam|Peter Jeremy]] has been playing with computers for nearly 50 years - initially on IBM mainframes.
 By doing his degree at NSWIT (now [[http://www.uts.edu.au|UTS]]), he managed to miss out on Unix until 1986. By doing his degree at NSWIT (now [[http://www.uts.edu.au|UTS]]), he managed to miss out on Unix until 1986.
-Since then, he's managed to mostly avoid anything other than Unix (Xenix/286, SunOS 4.x, Motorola SVR3, BSD/OS, FreeBSD 2.x through 10.x, HP (nee Compaq) Tru64 (nee Digital Unix (nee OSF/1)), Linux and Solaris 2.5 through 10), with a sidetrack into AmigaDOS.+Since then, he's managed to mostly avoid anything other than Unix (Xenix/286, SunOS 4.x, Motorola SVR3, BSD/OS, FreeBSD 2.x through 13.x, HP (nee Compaq) Tru64 (nee Digital Unix (nee OSF/1)), Linux and Solaris 2.5 through 10), with a sidetrack into AmigaDOS.
 After completing a life sentence at [[http://www.alcatel-lucent.com.au|Alcatel-Lucent]], he now works as a [[ After completing a life sentence at [[http://www.alcatel-lucent.com.au|Alcatel-Lucent]], he now works as a [[
 http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/07/site-reliability-engineers-solving-most.html|SRE]] at [[http://www.google.com/|Google]]. http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/07/site-reliability-engineers-solving-most.html|SRE]] at [[http://www.google.com/|Google]].
-Outside work, he hacks [[http://www.freebsd.org|FreeBSD]] and occasionally manages to spend some time with his wife and son.+Outside work, he hacks [[http://www.freebsd.org|FreeBSD]] and occasionally manages to spend some time with his wife.
 Peter has an amateur radio license (VK2PJ), but is virtually inactive. Peter has an amateur radio license (VK2PJ), but is virtually inactive.
  
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 [[sam@illumynite.com|Sam Lawrance]] [[sam@illumynite.com|Sam Lawrance]]
  
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-<div style="float: left; padding-right: 10pt;"></html>{{sam_rd100.jpg|There I am!}}<html></div> +Sam started on FreeBSD some time around 1998.  Becoming a ports committer in April 2005 provided an excellent tool for avoiding university assignments.  Regardless, he managed to finish his degree in 2007 and is now employed in the dirt digging industry while studying for another piece of paper related to digging up dirt.
-Sam started on FreeBSD some time around 1998.  Becoming a ports committer in April 2005 provided an excellent tool for avoiding university assignments.  Regardless, he managed to finish his degree in 2007 and is now employed in the dirt digging industry while studying for another piece of paper related to digging up dirt.</p> +
-<p>Mostly runs OS X.</p>+
  
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     Greg is an old fart who passed from adolescence to senility without ever touching adulthood.  He     Greg is an old fart who passed from adolescence to senility without ever touching adulthood.  He
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-[[john.marshall@riverwillow.com.au|John Marshall]]+[[john@jmarshall.id.au|John Marshall]]
  
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 In the days BC (Before Computers) John worked as a Radio Tradesman in the avionics industry. John remembers fondly a commodity called, "Spare Time". He hasn't been able to find any of it since becoming involved with computers in the early '80's, but used to devote it to music (yes, the Highland Bagpipe is a musical instrument) and amateur radio (VK2EGI). In the days BC (Before Computers) John worked as a Radio Tradesman in the avionics industry. John remembers fondly a commodity called, "Spare Time". He hasn't been able to find any of it since becoming involved with computers in the early '80's, but used to devote it to music (yes, the Highland Bagpipe is a musical instrument) and amateur radio (VK2EGI).
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 +During 2016, after only 22 years' struggle, John gave up trying to argue with burnout and took up casual work as a traffic controller.
  
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-[[http://dodgydivetours.blogspot.com.au/|Andrew Perry]]: sysadmin for a small council on the south coast. while predominantly a microsoft site i usually have at least 1 or 2 FreeBSD boxes because sometimes there is just some things that you can't do without an operating system that comes with built in useful tools. my boss said we should have a few of our guys more familiar with open source stuff, so i thought that if there is the vaguest chance we're going to introduce any open source operating systems into my workplace, i'm gonna make sure it's FreeBSD. +[[http://dodgydivetours.blogspot.com.au/|Andrew Perry]]: sysadmin for a small council on the south coast. while predominantly a microsoft site i usually have at least 1 or 2 FreeBSD boxes because sometimes there is just some things that you can't do without an operating system that comes with built in useful tools. my boss said we should have a few of our guys more familiar with open source stuff, so i thought that if there is the vaguest chance we're going to introduce any open source operating systems into my workplace, i'm gonna make sure it's FreeBSD.
  
-first introduced to FreeBSD with version 2.1.6 in 1997 while moonlighting with a small isp. +first introduced to FreeBSD with version 2.1.6 in 1997 while moonlighting with a small isp.
  
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