2016-01-18 20:17 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > Thanks, Simon, though the news is bleak. > > I'll post to the Facebook page, at the least. I knew John for many years > and kept in touch with him after OOo fell apart. This is brutal news, and > far more for those who loved him closely. I don't think I exaggerate in > saying that without his efforts, his intelligence, so much of what we did > would have never been. >
We all owe him a lot, and his PRs have been of great help in educating a number of OOo communities around the world, included but not limited to the Italian one. Too bad. Roberto > > With affection, > louis > > > > On 18 Jan 16, at 09:58, Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> wrote: > > > > Those of us who were also part of the former OpenOffice.org project will > be > > shocked to hear of the sudden and untimely death of John McCreesh, who > used > > to be the (volunteer) marketing lead for the project. I have written more > > in [a public post on Facebook][1] which also includes a newspaper report > of > > his death. Those with access to his Facebook wall will see a long list of > > tributes. > > > > Regards > > > > Simon > > > > [1]: https://www.facebook.com/simon.phipps/posts/10153969052221654 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
