It is always sad when an Associate, Colleague or Brother In Arms passes on. Ed, thank you for sharing the news.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Fwd: [Ed Foster's GripeLog] Ed Foster: 1949-2008 > > > Got this email today, and thought that I should pass it on to the > list. Ed Foster was one of the people in this industry who wasn't > afraid to take on the big guys and tell it like it is. I've been > reading his stuff since he first started writing for InfoWorld. > > -- Ed > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "Jeff foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: July 29, 2008 1:23:54 AM CDT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Ed Foster's GripeLog] Ed Foster: 1949-2008 > > > > I'm sorry to inform you all that my dad, Ed Foster, Died on Saturday > > of an apparent heart attack. He was 59. He was very proud of the > > work he had done and the community he had built here. He was very > > engaged in what you all had to say, and we had many running instant > > message conversations about comments or emails people had sent. He > > was an extremely smart man, and he loved to be mentally stimulated, > > whether it was a good book, an interesting conversation, or one of > > the many comments you posted that made him look at something in a > > slightly different way. As you can probably tell, I'm not half the > > writer my dad was, and it's very difficult for me to think of the > > words to say what I feel(It doesn't help that when I get stuck on a > > word or phrase, I think "I know, I'll ask my dad!") , but I just > > want everybody to know that this site and the people on it meant a > > lot to him. I'm going to miss him. More then words could express, > > even if he was here to help me think of them. > > > > Services are going to be held on Saturday. For more information, > > Please email me [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Edfoster mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.gripe2ed.com/mailman/listinfo/edfoster > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
