[bira]

Having been around vB's community fairly long (vB was launched in April 2000 and I joined in the beginning of May 2000), I want to set the record straight.

The founding fathers of the hacking community were, without any doubt, Ed Sullivan and Rangersfan -- who is now known as freddie.

These two released the biggest hacks (among them the Private Messaging and the Calendar) and made a ripple effect in the vB hacking community -- they set the foundation to the place we are now all a part of.

I would also like you to remember Doron (Polls!), and Kier (vbcode buttons, enhances PMing, etc).

I think kudos should also go to tubedogg, Mas*Mind and Stallion -- who were extremely involved and productive in the community - and The Sisko (Links Directory, PM Stats).

No matter who wins this "hacker of the month' award - I congratulate him. The list is too long for me to nominate one, so I'm not nominating anyone.

In my heart, I will always be eternaly greatful to anyone whose hack enriched my own Bulletin Board. And I will be just a notch more greatful to Ed and Freddie - who really were my own personal teachers, by example and by design.