“Are you glad that New Year only occurs once a year? Who wants
to look back and forward on the same day? It’s inevitable, I
suppose.“Lately, I have reflected a lot on my Linux career in contrast
to other IT work and environments. Linux started in 1997 for me and
encompassed about nine years. I have looked back and have looked
forward to the year ahead. I certainly have plans and hope you do
also. But before looking ahead at our plans, we might examine our
personal history to give ourselves a context in which to view a
future with full knowledge that the best laid plans often go
astray…”