Richard Schuh wrote: >It is a sad day for the VM community. One of our Knights, Rick Bourgeois, has >passed away. Rick supplied niche products, VPARS and VTAPE, that enabled the >large scale development and testing of applications for the TPF environment. >His creations were absolutely essential to that environment. Rick was a man of >principle, integrity, and devotion. He was a tireless worker. For his >customers he set the standard by which all other technical support operations >are judged, and most fall well short of the mark. He will be missed, not only >as a colleague, but as a friend. We, as individuals and as a community, have >suffered a great loss.
Nicely put. Rick will indeed be greatly missed. I know that he valued his friendships with the community, and was greatly honored by his Knighthood. He had a ceremonial sword with "Sir Rick of PARS" on it, and left instructions for it to be displayed at his funeral. ...phsiii
