(RADIATOR) postcard from Ottawa

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Everyone -

Well - three weeks ago I was in the Persian Gulf where it was 40 
degrees every day (and around 30 every night), two weeks ago I was at 
home in Melbourne doing the spring planting in my front garden, last 
week I was in Stockholm where it was about 0 all the time, and now I am 
in Ottawa where it is snowing!

Its been a fairly busy time as you might imagine, but there are 
certainly some interesting projects using Radiator in many places all 
around the world.

Ottawa is the city in which I grew up, and I am spending a few days 
here visiting family. As a city it has certainly changed since I was a 
child in the 1950's. Then it was very much a small government town with 
not much besides the the Parliament buildings and the civil service. 
Since then of course there has been considerable expansion and a great 
deal of high-tech industrial development.

The city is still very beautiful, with lovely parks and waterways 
within the city, and marvellous forests, lakes and hills providing 
tranquil surrounds. In the winter time is is quite common to see people 
skating to and from work on the frozen canals, and of course you don't 
have to go very far to find very good skiing. I pretty much grew up on 
skis and skiing is really the only thing I miss, living as I do in 
Australia.

The city has grown tremendously, and what used to be the fringes of the 
city where my parents bought their new house in 1956, is of course now 
considered to be almost "inner-city". My brother and sisters mostly 
live much farther out - my brother's place is still out in the country 
(although not for much longer judging by the every farther-reaching 
suburbs).

The three major telecommunications companies here are Nortel, Mitel and 
Alcatel, and of course there are a myriad of smaller software 
companies, consulting firms and high-tech R&D firms. Ottawa attracted 
lots of high-tech and service industries during the 80's and 90's with 
attractive startup packages, and the city has been transformed as a 
result.

Of course the traditional goverment and consular establishments also 
contribute an interesting mix of people and activities.

I will be returning to Australia next week, via Los Angeles, where I am 
going to play golf for a couple of days with friends.

All things being equal, I should be home next Thursday, so if I miss 
any emails between now and then, please resend them towards the end of 
the week.

regards

Hugh


NB: I am travelling this week, so there may be delays in our 
correspondence.

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