Re: [ldm-users] The passing of Jeff Lake

• To: Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [ldm-users] The passing of Jeff Lake
• From: Christian Pagé <page.christian@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:45:50 +0100

My condolences to his family and friends, he will surely be missed.
He was indeed quite active on this list, and I always appreciated to read
his questions/comments.

Christian

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> LDM-Users,
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> This evening, one of the lists more prolific LDM users, Jeff Lake, passed
> away this evening due to complications from MS.
>
> Over the years, I got to know Jeff through this list as he operated his
> private business. He would ask me about LDM actions and how to do things,
> but he quickly got  good enough to start learning about its limitations,
> and the occasional bug.
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> In fact, a few years ago, Steve Emmerson gave Jeff and I a beta copy of
> the LDM. We then had an internal contest to see which one of us could find
> the most bugs. In the past, I usually won those “contests”, but on this
> one, even though I found a handful of bugs, Jeff blew me out the water. He,
> like me, wanted to be cutting edge, and make the LDM the best it could be .
> As a result, his work benefitted all of us, making the LDM more stable as
> the bugs were found, and then crushed by Steve Emmerson. He was a pleasure
> to work with, and I will miss him.
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> My condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends, who are in
> mourning tonight.
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>
> *Gilbert Sebenste*
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  • [ldm-users] The passing of Jeff Lake
    • From: Gilbert Sebenste