[TUHS] End of an era: the last ATC (USENIX Annual Technical Conference)

[Larry McVoy]

Nice note, Dan.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 10:40:32AM -0400, Dan Cross wrote:
>     On a personal note, I found this very meaningful: I was once told,
> "never meet your heroes." However, in the Unix community, by and large
> my heroes are wonderfully pleasant, generous, and kind people in real
> life, all of whom have either indirectly or directly had a profound
> influence on the course of my career and life. Thank you for that; it
> was an honor to share space with you.

I couldn't agree more.  Starting with Dennis, everyone has been willing
to share knowledge.  I have a memory of Dennis having "handlers" at
Usenix so one person wouldn't eat up all of his time.

Much thanks to all those shoulders that lifted us up.

--lm