Another silent key

[covici at ccs.covici.com]

I agree -- I knew him, but had not spoke with him for several years.

Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> 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!
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> 
> -- 
> 
> Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
> 			sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net
> 		Email:	janina at rednote.net
> 
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Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
         covici at ccs.covici.com