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

Mon Jan 25 17:12:44 UTC 2021

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 at 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 at 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 at 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