Re: Simon Coulther

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Those are very sad news, indeed. The community has lost a great resource.
His comments and wisdom will be missed.

My condolences to his family and friends.


Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I too wish to say that Simon was a great help and resource to me as well as
> many others in the industry.  He was a shining star for sure.
>
> Rest in Peace, Simon..  I wish I could have gotten to know you better.
> Through archives your knowledge will live on forever and continue to help
> others in years to come!
>
> Brad
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Jerry Adams <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Simon and I communicated off-line several times.  Usually when I heard on
> > NPR about fires or wind storms in Australia, I would email him to be sure
> he
> > was safe.  As you might expect, his comments regarding the causes for
> these
> > events were caustic and, sometimes, witty.
> >
> > I had noticed that he was "missing" from the lists and thought more than
> > once about emailing him.  I regret that I did not follow-up on that
> thought.
> >  Even though we never met face-to-face, we met here, and he will be
> missed.
> > Jerry C. Adams
> > IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > --
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> > email:  jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
> > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:31 PM
> > To: Midrange
> > Cc: Paul Tuohy
> > Subject: Simon Coulther
> >
> > Some of you may have noticed that Simon has not been frequenting the
> forums
> > of
> > late. Truth of the matter is that for the last few months he has been
> > fighting
> > a very virulent form of cancer and just didn't have the strength to sit
> at
> > the
> > computer for more than a few minutes.
> >
> > Sadly this was a battle he couldn't win and he died quietly on Tuesday. I
> > am
> > just grateful that he had the strength to talk to Susan and myself for
> > nearly
> > an hour last week when he spotted that we were on-line on Skye.
> >
> > I'll miss his wit, his wisdom, and his forthright nature. He was a good
> > friend
> > and colleague and a brilliant programmer.
> >
> > G'day mate - it was great knowing you.
> >
> >
> > Jon Paris
> > Partner400
> > www.Partner400.com
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