[LUAU] Kudos to Warren Togami and everyone involved with Fedora

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Vince Hoang wrote:
> (Forwarded message from Brian Chee. The message was stuck on the
> moderator's queue because it was too big. Attachments, bad m'kay?)
> 
> --
> 
> Since Warren is very good at downplaying his role in this project, I'd like
> to let the cat out of the bag and share the memo I just received from
> Matthew Szulik, CEO and President of Red Hat Corporation. (see attached PDF
> of memo) While I'm sure everyone knows about Fedora by now, this is the
> first official acknowledgement I've gotten from Red Hat.
> 
> We are now the proud owners of a Red Hat Corporation Red Fedora (See it
> along with the original memo in the POST 3rd floor glass case) to
> commemorate Warren Togami's role in helping to launch the Fedora version of
> Red Hat Linux. In a nutshell, Red Hat needed to split their commercial
> version of Linux from the free community based version. The answer came in
> the form of Warren Togami's ICS499 project called Fedora. (Matthew Szulik
> explains it better in the memo)
> 
> This last month I was able to attend the LinuxWorld conference in San
> Francisco and as a courtesy I introduced myself at the Fedora booth. Instant
> recognition of UH,  the ICS Department and Warren Togami followed and I was
> mobbed by well wishers thanking us for the effort.
> 
> So please join me in an internet round of applause...   =D>
> 
> /brian chee
> 
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