[Ubuntu Chicago] Greetings

[John Arbash Meinel]

Rich Johnson wrote:
> On Monday 23 April 2007, backslasher at mchsi.com wrote:
> | My apology for earlier, I saw an issue that I thought I could help with.
> |
> | My name is Ken (Back Slasher) Friberg and have been using Linux off and on
> | for the last 5 years, but found Ubuntu and ditched windows, with the
> | exception of work. I live in Rock Island,IL and work in Bettendorf,IA at
> | AVG Automation where I'm a software/hardware tester and tech support for
> | PLC's and Touch Screen HMI's. I would like to be more involved in the
> | community, but find it hard since I'm on the other side of the state. I try
> | on a daily basis to find more ways for our company to use open source in
> | our projects as I see it being a big part of our future.
> 
> I am an Allen Bradley PLC 5 and SLC 500 hacker myself as well as Allen Bradley 
> PanelViews with RSView hacking :)  I worked with Rockwell Automation and TAVA 
> Technologies in 1998 and implemented the TCP/IP communications with their 
> RS232 devices. Shortly there after I took my coding break and got into 
> hardware. So if you need someone certified in AB equipment either with MMI 
> (screw that politically correct stuff), OK HMI :) or PLCs let me know. I 
> still know all of the ladder logic applications and the HMI software. Mostly 
> AB stuff but was a developer on the ICONICS Genesis HMI development suite. I 
> have some SCADA experience as well as some Fix32 experience. I only charge 
> $75/hr for consulting :) 

Interesting, I did some SLC 500 hacking while I was in college. Working
for a company that built controllers for electric arc steel foundry
furnaces. Very interesting work.

> 
> | Anyway, Hello and I look forward to working on any projects with you all.
> 
> Welcome, awesome there is someone in the group with experience in something I 
> actually know.

Fun how that works. :)

John
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