I agree -- I knew him, but had not spoke with him for several years. Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill was my anchor when first I started using Linux so many years hence. > Helping people get their Linux legs under them was an abiding passion > for him, but it wasn't his only passion. Because I was blessed to call > him my friend, I know his passion for life was all embracing--for his > wife, his friends, his dogs, and for justice in the world. Bill will be > sorely missed and not just personally. His absence will be soon evident > in the many systems he helped maintain for many of us individually--and > for the community at large. > > Janina > > Kirk Reiser writes: > > Writing to let people know that a long time friend and contributor > > Bill Acker wb2flw passed away last evening. > > > > Bill was responsible for putting our first Redhat and fedora speakup > > enabled distributions together. In more recent years he maintained the > > server where we shared dns services and provided mail and mail backup > > for many members of the community. > > > > He was an avid ham and phone freak and maintained a freeswitch which > > many people using voip still use. > > > > I am going to miss him very much. I'm sure others here will as > > well. He died of complications to his prostate cancer which he's been > > fighting for the past couple years. > > > > 73s Bill. It's been a good journey. > > > > Kirk > > > > -- > > Well that's it then, colour me gone! > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
