Merry Christmas

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Kurt Wall wrote:
> List,
> 
> Although I'm neither the first nor likely to be the last to do so,
> I wish you all the merriest possible Christmas. I hope you find as
> much joy and peace in the birth of Jesus as I do. I also hope you
> find and lots of great loot under the Yuletide tree.
> 
> Those who don't recognize or celebrate the holiday will pardon me,
> I trust, for I intend no disrespect. It is, after all, a Christian
> holiday...
> 
> I've been on this list or its predecessor for eleven years now, that
> is, since its beginning in the old CND Preview days. Some number of you 
> can say the same. It's a shame I've only been able to meet a few of you
> over the years, but this is the nature of social relations on the
> Internet. Equally disappointing is the departure of some of the real
> lights of the list, such as Mike Andrew and Les Bell (who, I note,
> still maintains a Web presence at http://www.lesbell.com.au/).
> 
> As dep noted a long time ago, the old Caldera somehow created a list
> populated, in the main, by the nicest, brightest, most knowledgeable,
> generous, and helpful people (I might observe that Caldera did so in spite
> of themselves). By way of evidence, when I recently asked for Web hosting
> recommendation, I received several good suggestions, for which I thank
> you. More astonishing was that I received five offers to host my site
> free of charge on well-connected, professionally maintained servers,
> and two offers to host my site in return for help in admining the box. 
> I can't imagine another non-disaster situation in which people who've 
> never met would do such a thing. The offers floored me. I'm flattered to 
> find myself in your company and look forward to another eleven years.
> 
> Merry Christmas!

Thanks, Kurt, my best wishes for christmas and a good new year to you 
and your family, and, of course, to all on this list. It's nice to 
participate!
Klaus