I only knew Bill from the RBase Conferences, but from the many kind words expressed by others here, I am certain his family would be pleased to know that Bill's mortality did not end with his passing, but lives on in the memories of his R:Base friends and acquaintances that were occasioned by him over these many years.
On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 11:31:24 AM UTC-4, Doug Hamilton wrote: > > R:Base List - A few years ago you may remember that I was looking for an > R:Base developer to help with a large project. Several of you > responded, for which I am grateful. We (client and I) chose to have > Bill Eyring help develop our new order processing database. Our division > of labor just sort of fell into place - Bill in New York handled > receiving and sending the data via EDI and the shipping end of the order > processing. From Wisconsin, I did the front end processing of the data, > order preparation and building the output files. > > Over the course of many phone calls, Bill and I commiserated in our > frustrations, rejoiced in our progress, solved world problems and > ultimately developed a working system. A large part of the success is > due to our client's guidance and patience. > > With great sadness, I'm writing on behalf of Bill's wife JoAnn to say > Bill passed away several weeks ago due to complications from the corona > virus. > > This leaves another void in the R:Base community that is needing to be > filled. Prudent business practice is to have a backup, an issue for > subsequent posts. > > Doug Hamilton > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/2735773c-d736-43f3-bb52-4cf7ec23aa69%40googlegroups.com.
