I am extremely honored to have been nominated and inducted into the Order of the Knights of VM. When I read my name on the list it came as a complete surprise.
My thanks to whoever nominated me and those that thought I was worthy of such an honor. I do love VM and wish I could have attended its birthday party to give my thanks in person. Best regards, Rick Bourgeois Sir Rick of PARS [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Vincent Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:34 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: 2007 Order of the Knights of VM Moments ago, on August 15th, 2007 at VM's 35th birthday party at SHARE in San Diego, CA, the following new Companions were inducted into the Order of the Knights of VM: Malcolm Beattie Sir Malcolm the Academic Rick Bourgeois Sir Rick of PARS Michael J. Donovan Sir Mike of the Enclave Carol S. Everitt Dame Carol the Coordinator Francis J. Hensler Sir Fran the Slippery William A. Holder Sir Bill the Doubler Michael D. MacIsaac Sir Mike the Chef of Books Dennis R. Musselwhite Sir Dennis of SwitchCraft Carsten Otte Sir Carsten the Counter of Days Robert R. Rogers Sir Bob of Colorful Words Leonard J. Santalucia Sir Len the Eloquent Eric Schuler-Dalverny Sir Eric the Focused Martin Schwidefsky Sir Martin from the Blue Skies Richard A. Schafer Sir Richard the Mailman Gerard C Shockley Sir Gerard of NEU England Donald S. Vining Sir Don the Realist Ulrich Weigand Sir Uli The Count of Compilation Steve G. Wilkins Sir Steve the IOnizer Please be sure to congratulate these fine additions to the Order of the Knights of VM for their contributions to the VM community. James Vincent Sir James, Herder of Cats (Eques James, Pastorum Feles) Linux and VM Program Manager
