26 Sep
2004
26 Sep
'04
1:25 a.m.
On 26/09/2004 Stephane Tsacas wrote:
Jos, I think you missed the following email.
Stephane
I think you're missing the point. I was merely pointing out that
contacting a family in mourning about such unimportant matters is,
in my opinion, pretty tasteless and could cause unwanted effects.
Greetings, Jos
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26 Sep
26 Sep
1:50 a.m.
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, jos de waal wrote:
I think you're missing the point. I was merely
pointing out that
contacting a family in mourning about such unimportant matters is,
in my opinion, pretty tasteless and could cause unwanted effects.
No, I think you're missing the point. To say I have no tact or respect
for wanting to preserve the work Don poured the final years of his life
into is missing the point. I knew full well the ramifications of calling
so shortly (relatively) after someone's passing. I also know full well
the ramifications of waiting too long. I'm not suggesting we play "What
Would Don Have Wanted?", but what do you think he would've wanted?
You owe me an apology. Publicly, since that is how you decided it should
be.
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27 Sep
27 Sep
7:57 a.m.
At 01:50 AM 9/26/2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, jos de waal wrote:
I'll make it more general than that: if you think someone has something
that would be valuable to you, tell them. Being two weeks behind the
post-mortem cleanout and Dumpster is one sad thing. Finding out they
threw out something you wanted while they were still alive is another! :-)
So Sellam, what does your will say about your junk? I must admit,
I haven't gotten around to composing a preferred disposition statement,
either. I've tried to think of what it would say. I'd like someone
to triple-backup archive my main workstations, just for posterity.
But then put the media where?
I'd like them to appoint (meaning: hire) someone to notify this list of
the availability of my stuff, then auction and ship.
- John
I think you're missing the point. I was
merely pointing out that
contacting a family in mourning about such unimportant matters is,
in my opinion, pretty tasteless and could cause unwanted effects.
No, I think you're missing the point. To say I have no tact or respect
for wanting to preserve the work Don poured the final years of his life
into is missing the point. I knew full well the ramifications of calling
so shortly (relatively) after someone's passing. I also know full well
the ramifications of waiting too long. I'm not suggesting we play "What
Would Don Have Wanted?", but what do you think he would've wanted? 
26 Sep
26 Sep
10:22 a.m.
On Sunday 26 September 2004 01:25, jos de waal wrote:
On 26/09/2004 Stephane Tsacas wrote:
Personally, I'd have to disagree, I think that Sellam was doing
something that needed to be done. Saving Don's collection of disk
images is IMHO fairly important. I don't want to make it seem like I
don't care about his family's feelings, but Don had some things that
are probably irreplacable. It's importanat that his family knows this,
and gets offers for help to sort through his things.
A friend of mine has recently passed away from colon cancer, and I've
been helping his parents (he had no children) sort through his computer
stuff. Fortunately, his parents had some idea that things had some
value, and are trying to give away or donate as much of his stuff as
they can, and only throwing things that none of us can attach any worth
to.
I hope someone decides to step forward and offer the same "boot disk"
service to replace what he did.
Pat
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Jos, I think you missed the following email.
Stephane
I think you're missing the point. I was merely pointing out that
contacting a family in mourning about such unimportant matters is,
in my opinion, pretty tasteless and could cause unwanted effects. 
10:27 a.m.
New subject: Done (was: Re: Made first phone call)
People,
Please stop the latest course of this thread, it's been taken
off-list. Normal listmember quibbeling will again resume :)
--f
1:41 p.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
I hope someone decides to step forward and offer the
same "boot disk"
service to replace what he did.
A friend who is no longer subscribed to CC but who knew of Don's work
has offered to host or mirror the image collection at no charge. He has
a T1 for personal use and already manages several commercial archives
and websites, so has the qualifications to do the job.
He also asked me to tender the offer but not mention his name till
it's known that he's needed.
Doc
8:13 p.m.
When I die, I hope that y'all contact my friends and relatives
immediately.
The executor of my will would prefer that you bring a big truck,
and/or provide dumpsters.
If you don't know me well enough to know who to contact,
write to deadguy(a)xenosoft.com
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Grumpy Ol' Fred
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