AT&T Co decided as a going-away gift to present a bunch of Unix Awards at its End of an Era bash at UniForum. Recipients included Robert Fabry of the Computer Systems Research Group at Berkeley; Deborah Scherrer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; and Bob Schiefler, X Consortium in the Academic Driver category; Mike DeFazio, Unix Labs, Armando Stettner, ex-DEC, Bruce Weiner, Mindcraft and Bob Marsh of Onyx and Plexus fame for Unix Evangelism; Steve Bourne, Vinton Cerf, Jon Mashey and Eric Schmidt for Technology; Jim Bell, Walter De Backer and Heinz Lycklama for Standards; Frame Technology, Informix, Oracle and Sybase for Applications; Larry Crume, ex-AT&T now Lotus, Geoff Morris, X/Open and Yoshiro Yoshioka, Fujitsu for Global Market Building; Hewlett-Packard, Santa Cruz Operation and Sun for Business Commitment; Burlington Coat Factory, DHL, Federal Express, Hyatt and Wal-Mart for using the stuff; Pamela Gray, Bill Joy and Doug Michels for Lifetime Achievement; Mike Azzara, Open Systems Today; Ed Taylor, Pencom; and our own Maureen O’Gara for Special Distinction. Two of the crystal awards were stolen during the ensuing festivities.
