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Name:           Rick Troth
Organization:   SandCastle Software
Email:          NOT FOR ADERTISING 

Thanks to Prentiss and Kevin for tips on getting started!
This is where I keep the details that you really wanted to know.
Why else would you have come this far?
An update was a little overdue, so here it is.

Troth is pronounced like "broth". It means truth,
a promise, or a pledge, as in, "I plight thee my troth".
Correct spelling is Olde English trowþe.

I used to do VM systems programming for Rice University. Later, I did UNIX systems programming for Rice. Most recently, I do VM and UNIX for BMC Software, Inc. I have a sick love of both and am finally able to have both (simultaneously) in the job at BMC. BMC and Rice are both in sweltering Houston, Texas.

Got my BS in CS from Texas A&M. Yeah, I took thirteen years to finish. But that's okay: I know one guy who's finishing after 20, and another who took 22
to finish. Never give up.

Been married nine years to Marilyn Nerren of Lufkin, Texas.
We have two children, Michelle 5 and Martin 3.
We bought a house just over a year ago. And we're Christians.

I'm also into amateur radio, but have lost time to pursue it. Heck, I don't have time to maintain the car anymore. So we traded in our huge '81 Buick Electra and '78 Pontiac Bonneville and bought a '93 Ford Tempo. Having just one car is a drag, and we liked the Tempo so much that we bought a '94 exactly like it ... exactly. So now we have twins, two kids, and not much time. (but maybe a little more time since we don't have to share the car as often) I'll probably eventually put a radio into the older car (the one I get to drive).