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Prio |
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Role |
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Description |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Member of Software Release Team, primarily as Linux Platform
Coordinator. |
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2 |
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CSS |
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Client Support Services Headquarters Staff Member,
assisting with project management. |
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3 |
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VEND |
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Serve in a vendor liaison role to help negotiate
contracts and to identify and qualify appropriate hardware
configurations. |
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4 |
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OTHER |
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Assist in other areas, for example, working with
the Infrastructure Software Development and
Architecture Directorate (ISDA), Academic Computing (AC), or the MIT Libraries
(LIB) |
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"Big G" Goals |
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Role |
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Description |
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SWRT |
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Do software product lifecycle management:
- Invented aspects of the Linux Platform Coordinator.
- Updated Linux OpenAFS.
- Delivered stretch break software.
- Delivered Linux utility CD with rescue and repartitioning capability.
- Investigate delivering OpenAFS for Windows users not joined to win.mit.edu.
- Investigate delivering OpenAFS for MacOS.
- Retired Red Hat 3.
- Keep our Supported Linux apps up to date.
- Keep abreast of vendor product life-cycles.
- Initiated a review of the how and what of IS&T Linux support.
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CSS |
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Serve as a mentor for people and projects within CSS:
- Helped found and operate the CSS developer's group.
- Making progress with the Thunderbird Review project.
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VEND |
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Move Linux Hardware Qualification Process forward to a more stable, more repeatable, and less costly mode.
- Linux Laptop Pilot
- Handoff of former role in Athena Hardware renewal.
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Other |
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Work as a bridge between CSS and ISDA.
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MIT |
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Make a significant professional advancement in a skill or competency.
- Thunderbird Review Project exercised and improved my facilitator skills.
- The diversity of Linux Platform Coordinator activities tested and stressed my time management skills.
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Prioritized List of In-Progress Work |
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Prio |
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Role |
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Status |
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When |
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% |
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What |
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1 |
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CSS |
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Ongoing |
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5/25/06 |
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Shepherd creation and evolution of CSS Development group. |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Ongoing |
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9/1/06 |
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Mentor SWRT (and others) in Linux Platform skills. |
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1 |
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ISDA /
CSS |
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CHANGED |
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5/10/07 |
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Review Linux support. |
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2 |
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SWRT |
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CHANGED |
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9/1/06 |
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Help establish IS&T Supported Linux Software update channel on yum server. |
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3 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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4/17/07 |
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Lead Red Hat Enterprise 5 Software Release |
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3 |
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SWRT |
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NOT STARTED |
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7/31/06 |
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Open Office 2.0. |
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3 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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1/3/06 |
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Lead VirusScan for Linux 5.10 Software Release. |
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3 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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7/31/06 |
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Monitor Modular Athena work. Assist where appropriate. |
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4 |
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SWRT |
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NOT STARTED |
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8/17/06 |
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Shepherd improved attach package for non-Athena OpenAFS, perhaps a common attach for non-Athena and Modular Athena. |
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4 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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7/31/06 |
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Investigate offering advanced Satellite Server functionality to customers. |
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4 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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1/16/07 |
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Shepherd OpenAFS for Windows Software Release. |
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5 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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9/1/06 |
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Shepherd a Software Release Effort to update the Linux
TechTime Client. |
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5 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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3/1/06 |
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Research
web-based AFS access, such as via WebDAV. |
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6 |
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AC |
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PROGRESS |
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7/31/06 |
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Assist
with Shutdown of old Athena Kerberized NFS. |
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6 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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7/31/06 |
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Port AFS Wintorture to Linux. |
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Completed Work |
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Prio |
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Role |
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Scope |
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When |
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What |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Medium |
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8/17/06 |
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Lead OpenAFS 1.4.1 Software Release. |
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1 |
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CSS /
AC |
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Large |
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7/31/06 |
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Linux Hardware recommendation / Athena renewal: Inventory issues, work with vendors, summarize consensus from Hardware Core team. Help process move smoothly. |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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7/13/06 |
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Update Acrobat for Linux to 7.0.5 |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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6/30/06 |
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Get "Fastrack" early access channels up on RHN. |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Tiny |
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7/15/06 |
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Get Red Hat ISOs to Tommy for CD duplicator. |
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1 |
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ISDA |
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Medium |
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5/25/06 |
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Participate in Jabber Pilot. Set up and lead focus groups. Provide other assistance as appropriate. |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Medium |
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7/1/06 |
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Participate in Jabber Software Release. |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Medium |
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8/29/06 |
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Assist with roll-out of Firefox 1.5 for Linux, sanity checking documentation and helping establish de-support timeline for Mozilla and Firefox 1.0. |
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1 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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1/31/07 |
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Shepherd rampdown of support for Red Hat 3. |
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2 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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7/31/06 |
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Shepherd qualification of Dell GX620 for linux. |
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2 |
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SDIT |
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Medium |
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5/25/06 |
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Assist with renewal of Campus Police E911 hardware. |
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2 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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8/3/06 |
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Lead VPN for Linux software update. |
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2 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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9/27/06 |
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Shepherd corrections to RHEL 3 and RHEL 4 "How to Obtain" docs. |
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2
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SWRT /
ISDA
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Large
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2/16/07
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Deliver SuSE Linux Laptop Pilot multi-boot configuration to GovConnection for sale.
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3 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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9/1/06 |
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Shepherd update of VirusScan for Linux to 4.40. |
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3 |
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SWRT |
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Medium |
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9/13/06 |
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Shepherd roll-out of Linux software update containing minor update to Pine, refreshed Linux Packages conforming to new metadata conventions, and 64 bit binaries. |
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3 |
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SWRT |
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PROGRESS |
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9/15/06 |
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Shepherd creation of a bootable Linux Utility CD that will resize NTFS partitions with Open Source software. |
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5 |
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SWRT |
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Small |
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9/13/06 |
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Lead Xwrits software release. |
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