Forum OpenACS Q&A: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to ....

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1: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to ....
Posted by Alfred Essa on 05/13/03 04:16 AM

I am pleased to announce that the Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to Don Baccus.

The awarded will be presented annually to someone in the OpenACS community who exemplifies inspired coding, community leadership, and an irreverent spirit.

This year's prize is a Macintosh 17" Powerbook.

Don, Congratulations and thank you for your leadership and contributions to the OpenACS community.

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2: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Janine Ohmer on 05/13/03 04:21 AM
Woohoo, congratulations Don!  You're gonna love the Powerbook... just don't leave it unattended while Mike's around.  :)))
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3: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Peter Marklund on 05/13/03 09:36 AM
Congratulations Don!
We are all very very grateful for your contributions. I don't know where we would have been without you...
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Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 05/13/03 09:48 AM
Congratulations Don. What an outstanding award for such an inspiring person in the community. And thanks for MIT for Donating the Award and giving it to the person deserving it the most.
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Posted by Carl Robert Blesius on 05/13/03 03:41 PM
Guess this makes up for us enjoying the evening in Copenhagen as you hacked away getting .LRN 1.0 out the door. Glückwünsche!
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6: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Don Baccus on 05/13/03 03:56 PM
I'm blown away, what a pleasant surprise to wake up to (and I am just waking up, I haven't had my coffee yet!)

Yes, I do love the 17" Powerbook, and gave thought to stealing Al's when we were in Copenhagen :)

Thanks to MIT for their ongoing support to the project, and thanks to everyone in the community for their hard work.  If we didn't have such an outstanding crew there'd be no point in having an award.

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7: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Randy Ferrer on 05/13/03 04:17 PM
Congratulations Don! Well deserved indeed. Thanks for all the fantastic work you do, your leadership and for all the inspiration! 😊
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8: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Lars Pind on 05/13/03 04:26 PM
Congratulations from me, too. Definitely deserved.

I put it up as a news item on the openacs.org page :)

/Lars

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9: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Danielle Hickie on 05/13/03 05:57 PM
Don you lucky bugger! Well deserved, well done. Who gets the annual Big Mouth Award?
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10: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Danielle Hickie on 05/13/03 05:58 PM
Well done Don! You lucky bugger! Well deserved!
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11: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Bruno Mattarollo on 05/13/03 06:41 PM
Wow! Congratulations Don! Well deserved (as said the dozen people that posted before me). It's going to be a bit of show off going to Stumptown with the new 17" :))
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Posted by Mohan Pakkurti on 05/13/03 08:02 PM
Very cool! Congratulations Don!

/Mohan

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Posted by Bart Teeuwisse on 05/13/03 08:37 PM
Lucky bastard. Way to go...

/Bart

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14: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by xx xx on 05/13/03 09:58 PM
Congratulations, Don!  (Thanks, Al)
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15: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Jun Yamog on 05/14/03 05:29 AM
Congrats Don!

Dani,

Everybody knows who is the loud mouth smuk here.  That is no contest.  If we ran a poll it will be a land slide. :)

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16: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Nima Mazloumi on 05/14/03 11:17 AM
Congratulation Don. You do a great job. nima
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Posted by Jarkko Laine on 05/14/03 11:17 PM
Wow! There's a few replies above this I couldn't agree more whole-heartedly. Congrats, Don!
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Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 05/15/03 02:32 AM
well deserved Don, I have been always seen you as a great leader in openacs, specially in the sense that you have been doing a great effort giving inertia to the ball ...
and thanks to all the support that Al & Sloan has given to openacs. ;o)
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19: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by bob phillips on 05/15/03 02:48 AM
self: wakes up from bitter and real ale stupor, in the middle of Newark airport & grabs a HIGH SPEED INTERNET openacs.org fix to find Baccus Hacker award announcement....

self: "Talli, where's the presentation social?" I'll chip in the weight of a 17" powerbook in beer...

congrats, Don.

bob

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20: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Rafael Calvo on 05/18/03 01:36 AM
Congratulations Don

From down under,

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21: Re: Inaugural MIT OpenACS Hacker Award goes to .... (response to 1)
Posted by Stan Kaufman on 05/20/03 07:04 PM
Don, I've been out of town and out of touch for a week, but let me pile on the praise even if late: Congrats!! MIT couldn't have made a more deserving choice!