Greetings to all.
Even though Zoom is a paying enterprise that is now valued astronomically high, I just want to express my thanks to all those at Zoom who have made it possible for me to make it this far in the pandemic, perhaps soon to be endemic. As an instructor (of Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan, and Sanskrit) and department chair at a Big 10 institution, I don't know what I would have done without this service. Clearly, Zoom is not an act of sheer altruism -- some people are making a lot of money. But throughout it all, I've had this sense that the folks at Zoom have truly tried to serve all of us with sincere beneficence in the educational realm, and I appreciate that.
So, in short, thank you Zoom folks. Please take a moment to savor your unexpected but crucial role in helping us all get through this mess.
Yours,
John Dunne