= Randy Bush =

In the 1980s, there was a strong "home Unix" movement in the Beaverton area, mostly because of an abandoned workstation project at Tektronix, which seeded
the area with hundreds of Unix workstations.  Keith Packard was part of this
movement - he used to do code for me while I did hardware for him.

Another important fellow, worth meeting, is Randy Bush, who now lives in
the San Juan island area of the Puget Sound in Washington.  Randy wangled
himself a job as security manager for a Swiss bank;  he maintained their
systems over a T1 that connected him to Switzerland from his home office
north of Beaverton.  He used this link to create Rain Net, which began as
about two dozen of us connecting to the forming Internet, and providing us
with an excuse to be connected to this "Research and Academic only" network.

Later, we got our own connection, partly subsidized by universities in
South Africa, prevented by boycotts from connecting directly to
the Internet.  So at one point, perhaps, your packets were connecting
from South Africa, through Randy's house, to the Internet.

Randy was also active in the internationalization of the Internet.  His
hobby was travelling to third world countries and providing them with
access, by whatever means necessary.  He battled entrenched telephone
monopolies, antiquated hardware, and distance.  One time he helped jury
rig a microwave link through the jungles of New Guinea.  Randy is Ubuntu
before Ubuntu was born, and might have some great experiences to share.