Fwd: Mark Crispin - MRC - Inventor of IMAP and a friend for decades, has died at 56

Sat Jan 19 02:57:05 UTC 2013

On 01/08/2013 08:36 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Lauren Weinstein<lauren at vortex.com>  -----
>
>> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:35:59 -0800
>> From: Lauren Weinstein<lauren at vortex.com>
>> To: nnsquad at nnsquad.org
>> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Mark Crispin - MRC - Inventor of IMAP and a friend for
>> 	decades, has died at 56
>>
>> Mark Crispin - MRC - Inventor of IMAP and a friend for decades, has
>> died at 56
>
> Lauren was also kind enough to provide a link to a posting on Google+
> which provides more information:
>
> 	https://plus.google.com/114753028665775786510/posts/4YvWfnneTyN
>
> Mark did an awful, awful lot for all of us and for huge numbers of
> people who'll never know his name.

Thanks for that, only just read it now...

I fully agree and am saddened by his death. I enjoyed reading his 
insightful emails (and occasional email exchanges with him). He wasn't 
afraid of expressing a strong opinion, supported by valid arguments and 
facts.

I will miss that.

Jeroen

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