That's right. He always mentioned his wife by name, not "my wife". And that name in the obit wasn't familiar. It was Kate or something like that IIRC.
I don't like seeing people from mainframe groups that I follow disappear. It reminds me of my mainframe career mortality. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Godfrey Sent: torstaina 4. helmikuuta 2016 0.34 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Anyone seen Mr. Gilmore? John mentioned his wife's name in a post exactly 3 years ago. It's not the same as the name of the wife in the obit. Bill On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 15:02:42 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >How could an obit of "our" John Gilmore not mention the IBM mainframe or PL/I? > >I met (interviewed with, actually) "our" John (then going by "Jack") Gilmore >in 1968 or 1969. At that point he was living in NY (or possibly NJ) and >heading a software firm called John Gilmore or perhaps John W. Gilmore and >Associates. No mention of that in the obit, although there is a gap in the >obit from 1959 to 1974. > >Charles > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe >Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 12:21 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Anyone seen Mr. Gilmore? > >On 2/3/2016 12:05 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: >> One and the same... > >At least, that's my assumption based on what I know about his age and where he >lived. I suppose there could be two John Gilmores, roughly the same age, both >with sysprog backgrounds, living in that area... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
