[AG-TECH] thanks to myk and NCSA folks

[monika.k.rabarison at ccaix.jsums.edu]

Heartfelt thanks from JSU too! Unicast bridges are our life
saver when multicast won't cooperate. Yesterday's successful
testing was a great relief... We appreciate your dedication
and service to the AG community.

Monika

> I'll second that! Many of us take the NCSA resources for
> granted. They  don' t HAVE to do what they do. Thank you!
> 
> By the way, um, there still seemed to be problems on
> Tuesday. Multicast  people couldn't receive video from
> bridged people.
> 
> Darin
> 
> 
> On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Cindy Sievers wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mike Miller
> > and the network  folks at NCSA for all of their efforts
> > in identifying and solving the  problems with the
> >  unicast bridge they run against their public venues. 
> The public venue server and associated bridges that NCSA
> > provides to  the Access Grid community are invaluable
> > for many of the large and  small events that occur. For
> > many participants who work in extremely  restrictive
> > environments behind firewalls, we have come to depend on
>  the public servers. I know that from at least my
> > perspective, we would  have been unable to participate
> > in many of the highly visible and  important events that
> > have taken place over the past few years if it  were not
> for the services provided by NCSA.  Taking the time to
> > track  down and fix network issues is frustrating, but
> > we all realize how  important this task is.  So a huge
> > thanks goes out to the folks at  NCSA for putting forth
> > the effort and making such a tremendous  contribution to
> the Access Grid community! >
> >
> >
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> > Cindy Sievers           Los Alamos National Laboratory
> > sievers at lanl.gov        Group CCS-1 MS B287
> > tel:505.665.6602        Advanced Computing
> > fax:505.665.4939        Los Alamos, NM 87544
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> >