[AusNOG] tom koltai - in memorial

[Skeeve Stevens]

Yeah sure... he will be missed by me. As much as one might miss being
tortured in Guantanamo Bay.


...Skeeve

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On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Andrew Khoo <andrew at 6net.com.au> wrote:

> [i apologise for the off-topic nature of this post, but there are many
> folk on this list that have known Tom in the past]
>
> for folks that are long-in-the-tooth in this industry, you probably have
> come across Tom Koltai sometime in the past.
>
> Tom is one of those people that are polarising - certainly i have met
> folks at both ends of the spectrum that really love him, or hate him.
>
> i have had the opportunity to work with him in the late 90s, and it indeed
> was the most challenging experience (people-wise) in my entire life.
>
> Tom did genuinely try his best to help this industry - many of his fights
> against the big T were not public knowledge, but he famously (but
> unsuccessfully) fought against both the T an T2 floats - arguing that the
> tax-payers had already paid for the copper etc in the ground, and why
> should we be offered shares to buy into something we already own!
>
> Tom was also instrumental in supporting exchange points in Australia on
> the east coast, around the same time as WAIA was bringing up WAIX. Whilst
> some folks de-cry the legacy of AUIX, there are lots of backroom stories on
> the how & why things didn't work out the way they worked out.
>
> Tom passed away two weeks ago.
>
> An informal memorial to honour him will be held tomorrow (Thursday
> 24-Mar-16) from 1800hrs at "The Club Room", Glenmore Hotel (96 Cumberland
> St, The Rocks).
>
> All are welcome.
>
>
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