Must have been many hard drives given as Christmas gifts last month, as my Dual OS Boot pages for FreeBSD and Linux have garnered a lot of email in the last week. Ah! There’s nothing quite like a fresh Unix installation to start the year right!

Speaking of the new year, this month marks my first year of professional freedom after surviving the depressing post-acquisition world of telecom corporate (mis)management. Having witnessed the decimation of almost ten years of great work at the hands of others, it is wonderful to be innovating and rebuilding once again.

My new company, DTL Networx, started about mid-2003 with the same no-fuss, no-fanfare introduction as did CTS Network Services ten years ago and is off to a great start.