Debuda,
We need to have a pitcher of beer together next time we meet for this landmark
either in Ruptidas place in zoo rd,Gauhati or here in US :-) , :-)
Hope you ,Karen and boys are doing well
Ram
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:00:39 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Assam] 20th Anniversary
>
>
> Santanu Roy wrote:
> >
> > Dear Debu,
> > That was a great milestone! It also reminds many of us of our younger
> > days.
> > Thanks to you for the beginning and thanks to those who carry the torch
> > forward -
> > Santanu.
> >
>
> Thanks, Santanu.
> Last I checked, we're still young (at heart), aren't we:)
>
>
> I must add that without Jugal's help, the initial start wouldn't have been
> possible. He provided me with many of the contacts for the initial list. We
> managed the list together for many years. Thanks to Babul Gogoi for his great
> work in recent years carrying on this work. Thanks to C'Da's support for his
> contribution to keep the list going. [Hope I didn't miss anyone else.]
>
>
>
> - Debu
>
>
> Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
> >
> > Yes, Debu!
> >
> > That is a great service you all have started and are providing us.
> >
> > Happy Anniversary to you pioneers.
> >
> > About reminding our yonger days, Santanu, some of us are at the stage
> > that we can't even remember - it's so far behind! :)
>
> Alpana-baidew,
> Thanks. It was fun to be able to get this started.
>
> - Debu
>
>
> Dilip Deka wrote:
> > Dear Deepankar,
> > I commend you for starting the Luitporia list to connect the Assamese
> > community, and > for using your foresight to merge with Jugal Kalita's net
> > in course of time. You and > Jugal have done the community a great service.
> > I also thank Babul Gogoi for all the work he is doing behind the scene to
> > keep
> > Assamnet going. Whenever Assamnet stalls, he is the one doing the hand
> > crank job.Do > you guys remember "Handel Mora Gari"? :-)
> > Dilipda
>
> Dilip-da,
> Thanks very much! As I said above, without Jugal's help, this wouldn't have
> been possible.
> Even back then, it was like 'Handel Mora Gari', perhaps even worse.
> Sometimes, mail will get stuck in the send queue on my machine. I'd logon as
> root and push it through, restart the machine -- anything to get it going.
> When the list got reasonably large, Jugal and I split the list so that each
> machine didn't have to send too many messages out (a sort of load balancing);
> our pointers back to each other luckily never got into an infinite loop!
> Honestly, it got to the point of being too much work for me to run the
> 'handle Mora gari' by mid 1990s, I felt that it's better to step down and let
> others manage it. Remember Tom Sawyer's famous line "Does a boy get a chance
> to whitewash a fence every day?" :) I'm glad others stepped up to the plate:)
>
> - Deepankar
>
>
> Manoj Das wrote:
> > Dipankarda
> >
> > It was a landmark event. Thanks to luitporia, we are an integrated
> > community today!
> >
> > -manoj
>
> Dear Manuj,
> Looking back, it was a landmark event. Now, don't pay attention to whatever
> C'da says:)
>
> -- Deepankar
>
> Chandan Mahanta wrote:
> > Deep:
> >
> > Hearty congrats and many thanx. for your pioneering effort that
> > evolved to the vehicle that, arguably,
> > I had been one of the most frequent users of. Without a doubt
> > luitporia->assamnet has contributed enormously
> > to the entry of Assam and the Assamese into this era of information
> > and I hope has contributed something
> > tangibly to our collective well being.
> >
> > cm
> > PS: Typing this reply out of my laptop, attached to a Tata Photon,
> > sitting on the sunny porch and sipping tea
> > at my sister's house at Dibrugarh. :-).
>
>
> C'da,
> Thanks.
> Didn't I predict 20 years back you could send messages from anywhere:) More
> specifically, I was thinking about you I guess, sipping tea somewhere in
> Dibrugarh:) Yes, that's it. [What I forgot to add in my initial message was
> that someone will post 'all the time':]
>
> - Deep
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of Medhi, Deep
> > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:48 PM
> > To: ([email protected])
> > Subject: [Assam] 20th Anniversary
> >
> >
> > Today happens to be the 20th anniversary of the erstwhile luitoria
> > mailing list that began on my computer aazoli.cstp.umkc.edu. I'm
> > posting below the original message. Back then some people were on
> > BitNet, which doesn't exist anymore. We could send to bitnet addresses
> > by using a gateway. Also, the via address % concept is no longer
> > allowed (mostly for security reason).
> >
> > - DM
> >
> > --------------------------------
> > From [email protected] Thu Nov 15 15:52:41 1990
> > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 15:44:35 -0600
> > From: [email protected] (Deep Medhi)
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: luitporia :: a mailing list
> > Status: RO
> >
> > November 15, 1990
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Welcome to a new mailing list: luitporia !
> >
> > This mailing list is intended for people
> > directly/indirectly/some way related to Assam/North-East In-
> > dia. However, anyone else interested is welcome to join this
> > list. The idea of this list is to provide a global mailing
> > list accessible to EVERYONE from ANYWHERE (almost anywhere)
> > by sending message to just one address and to provide an in-
> > formal forum to discuss/pass news about Assam, Assamese com-
> > munity in North America and Europe (yes at present we have
> > one person getting this mail message across the Atlantic in
> > UK, see list below) and the like. In future, I hope I'll
> > (we'll) find out about someone directly in India who I can
> > add to the list (At present, there are several sites in In-
> > dia like TIFR, NCST, IITs which can be accessed by e-mail
> > from this side of the world).
> >
> > I have been meaning to set up such a mailing list for
> > quite sometime. Now that I have my own workstation "aazoli"
> > (couldn't think of a better name!) and that there are a fair
> > number (22 as of now) of people with e-mail access, I decid-
> > ed it's time to do so.
> >
> > The Internet e-mail address for this mailing list is:
> >
> >
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
> > and should work from everywhere. People who are on BITNET
> > will hopefully figure it out how to send mail to this list
> > (using jnet or some other interface).
> >
> > The initial list has been set up with the names of the
> > people with whom I have been communicating (ir)regularly by
> > e-mail and the names provided to me by Jugal Kalita of
> > Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Thanks, Jugal). I like to apo-
> > logize to you for adding your name to the list without ob-
> > taining your permission. (Anyone who would NOT like to be on
> > this mailing list should send me a message so that I can
> > delete his/her name). If you know of anyone else who might
> > be interested in being added to this mailing list, please
> > let him/her contact me at my address given below.
> >
> > I would appreciate if you could acknowledge receipt of
> > this mail by sending me a message at my e-mail address list-
> > ed below (Please send me correction on name/e-mail address).
> > Finally, please excuse me if you got multiple copies of this
> > message; bear with me as I set up this initial list.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> > Happy e-mailing :-)
> >
> > Deepankar Medhi
> > Computer Science Telecommunications Program
> > University of Missouri-Kansas City
> > Kansas City, Missouri 64110-2499
> > (816) 235-2006
> > e-mail: Internet: [email protected]
> > or [email protected]
> > Bitnet: [email protected]
> > FAX: (816) 235-5192
> >
> > =====================
> > The following people consist of the initial 'luitporia' mailing
> > list:
> >
> > Mohd Rafiqul Awal, U of Oklahoma, Norman:
> > [email protected]
> > Mantu Baishya, U of Colorado, Boulder: [email protected]
> > Naba Barkakati, Maryland: [email protected]
> > Arati Barua, Boeing, Washington: [email protected]
> > Pranab Barua, Boeing, Washington: pranab%[email protected]
> > Sanjoy Baruah, U of Texas, Austin: [email protected]
> > Arup Jyoti Bhuyan, AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL:
> > [email protected]
> > Apolok Borthakur, Rice U, Houston: [email protected]
> > Jugma Bora, Schlumberger, Michigan: bora%[email protected]
> > Partha Choudhury, ICL, UK: [email protected]
> > Shakuntala Choudhury, AT&T, Bridgewater, NJ:
> > [email protected]
> > Jugal Kalita, U of Colorado, Colorado Springs:
> > [email protected]
> > Jukti Kalita, Columbia University, NY:
> > phkalita%[email protected]
> > Santanu Khataniar, Univ of Texas, Austin:
> > [email protected]
> > Deepankar Medhi, Univ of Missouri-Kansas City:
> > [email protected]
> > Satyajit Nath, State U of NY at Buffalo: [email protected]
> > Debabrata Sarma, Rutgers, the State U of NJ, Camden:
> > [email protected]
> > Kanak Sarma, DEC, Mass: [email protected]
> > Vijit Sarma, Bellcore, New Jersey:
> > vjt%[email protected]
> > Satyen Sarmah, Univ of Wyoming:
> > sarmah%[email protected]
> > Aradhana (Anna) Satin, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ:
> > [email protected]
> > Probal Tahbildar, ETS, NJ: [email protected]@cunyvm.cuny.edu
> >
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