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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A year ago, Joe successfully defended
his</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thesis "Making reliable distributed
systems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in the presence of software errors" and
on</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>December 19 this year, he received his</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>diploma (together with > 200 other
new</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>doctors) at a formal occassion in the
town</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hall in Stockholm.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some photos from this happening can</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bjarne</FONT></DIV>
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