October 22, 2010 is a date which will long be remembered. Chris Johns, Ralf Corsepius, and I were in San Jose to attend the Google Summer of Code Mentors Summit. I had asked Eric Norum if we could visit him at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, get a tour, and maybe give an RTEMS presentation. He was kind enough to arrange the visit, handle the paperwork, and even run up and down the steep hill side to find us when we arrived.

There were about 30 people in attendance with a number from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Among them was Till Straumann! Before this meeting, only a few pairs of us had ever met in person before. This was the largest gathering of RTEMS core developers ever! Together we have about 70 years of RTEMS experience.

From left to right, you have Ralf Corsepius, Eric Norum, Chris Johns, Till Straumann, and myself -- Joel Sherrill.