From The Editor

Goodbye
It is always hard to say goodbye.

This is the last issue of Linux Journal that I will be editing. I am moving on to do programming for Red Hat Software.

I have enjoyed editing Linux Journal.

Linux Journal has been and will continue to be an important part of the Linux community. And I am not really saying goodbye to LJ in any real sense---I intend to continue to write LJ articles. I will be busy doing things, rather than talking about them, and I enjoy occasionally writing about the things I am doing.

--MKJ

Hello
It's me, your new editor. My qualifications?

I've been a musician since the age of 16--guitars and (now) mandolin;
my first computer, a Kaypro, ran CP/M;
my first Linux was 1.1.54;
I survived nearly fifteen years as a sysadmin in a CAD design environment, and have the nervous tics to prove it;
and I've been the editor of a weekly magazine.

Phil and the rest of the Linux Journal staff have taken me in despite this checkered past. For this I thank them a lot.

I'd like to assure them, and you, that I won't be trying to fill Michael's shoes. That's too big of a task. Besides, it's too early for that kind of hubris; maybe after you get to know me better. Nor do I think that you'll see any big changes... for a while.

The wizards at SSC will help keep me from crashing and burning. What I want most of all is for us to keep doing what we do best--serving the worldwide Linux community. That's you.

I'm looking forward to working with this crew and meeting as many of you as I can. To use one of the most over-used words in what passes for discourse these days, I'm excited about being able to give something back to the Linux community through this magazine; this is going to be fun.

I look forward to seeing you next issue.

--Scrafford