One of my strange life experiences: I was working for an ISP that was based in San Antonio and the 55th WorldCon was being held in SA that year ('97). The boss

One of my strange life experiences: I was working for an ISP that was based in San Antonio and the 55th WorldCon was being held in SA that year ('97). The boss and some coworkers wanted to go, so I tagged along - it was either that, or go back to my extended-stay motel for the evening. At some point we ended up in a small conference room with a few other people; mostly ISP-industry people (I think Avi Freedman was there). I ended up in a lengthy discussion with the guy sitting across from me. We chatted for probably 20 minutes before he turned and I saw his con badge. "Eric Raymond". "Eric Raymond? Jargon File Eric Raymond?" He beamed and was happy that someone recognized him. I joked and did a Wayne's World-style "I'm not worthy!" and thanked him for his work on it, as it had been part of the inspiration that made me end up in a career as a system admin.