Knee deep learning Solaris 7 back right around the time 8 was approaching release. I was convinced by a peer in my helpdesk job that I should drop out of commu

Knee deep learning Solaris 7 back right around the time 8 was approaching release. I was convinced by a peer in my helpdesk job that I should drop out of community college and pursue Solaris training. Back then he said Sun had ~48% of the internet backbone market. Took a few thousand my parents loaned me and paid for an all you could eat training package. From those seven courses I took it helped develop my future career in sys admin work. I was all about Sun. I think the true nerd moment of my life was learning the history of Bill Joy and figuring out his Sun email address. Sent him an email praising and thanking him for his contributions. I also complimented him on the article he wrote for Wired called, “Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us.” The article stood out as something I felt would be coming for humanity in the next several decades. He responded to my email thanking me for reaching out.