In Memoriam: Linux Evangelist and Linux.com Editor Joe Barr
Jul 11, 2008, 20:15 (4 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Robin Miller)
"Our colleague Joe Barr sometimes described himself as a
doddering old geek. Many knew him as a Linux evangelist; others
knew him from his ham radio activities. And those of us who worked
with Joe knew him in all of his sometime irascible, often funny
moods. Joe was always one of our favorite people, and we are
devastated to report that he died at home, unexpectedly, last
night.
"How many people both write about (and espouse) GNU/Linux -- and
also love miniature donkeys and rescue abandoned puppies? Joe was
one of a kind. We will miss him on many levels, in many ways, but
we will not miss him nearly as much as his wife Susan will; they
were married almost exactly one year ago, after knowing each other
for more than 10 years..."
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