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summary
A series of short messages gives concrete evidence of long influence: one meeting includes edited a paper in the room that meets a same‑day deadline and now has 200+ downloads; faculty and alumni note code contributions that became part of Postgres and later translated into company shares; mentoring records show around eight female PhD advisees at one time; personal anecdotes cite about 40 mountain climbs together and ongoing startup work and data projects like DataTamer.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Opening tribute
- 5:09Mike's influence
- 10:02Student's perspective
- 17:12Monopoly with Mike
- 23:44Mike's quirks
- 32:22Community tributes
- 33:33CSail director's appreciation
- 35:16Academic rigor
- 37:47Entrepreneurship legacy
- 39:51Closing remarks
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