David Tilbrook / QEF - Re: gofundme Medical Expenses - Ed Hew

[Jim Mercer <jim () reptiles org>]

unrelated, but, David Tilbrook, an early Unix pioneer, passed away a week or
so ago.  due to COVID.

https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2021/01/remembering-the-work-of-david-m-tilbrook-and-the-qed-editor.html



--jim


On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 04:59:27PM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:
> So often we report here on nanog the passing of major Internet contributors, it seems even more fitting that we 
> support these contributors when they???re in need through no fault of their own. Thanks for posting this, Jim. 
>
> -mel
>
> > On Jan 25, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Jim Mercer <jim () reptiles org> wrote:
> >
> > ???
> > unsure if this is allowed or not, but, here goes.
> >
> > https://www.gofundme.com/f/ed-hew-medical-expenses
> >
> > some of you may remember ed.
> >
> > some, maybe not.
> >
> > but, as the uucp maps maintainer for canada, he was quite influential in
> > the rise of email, and to some degree, the internet, in canada.
> >
> > --jim
> >
> > -- 
> > Jim Mercer     Reptilian Research      jim () reptiles org    +1 416 410-5633
> >
> > Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of
> > arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather
> > to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up,
> > totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
> > -- Hunter S. Thompson

-- 
Jim Mercer     Reptilian Research      jim () reptiles org    +1 416 410-5633

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up,
totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
 -- Hunter S. Thompson