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Subject: Re: Obituary: Alan (alanE) Eldridge
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I don't know Alan from Adam.  But to me it seems strange to see an orbit
about a person I never knew on this website.  I don't recall ever seeing one
before.  He must have had talents that we never recognized.  God rest.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony" <tony@armstrong.org.uk>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: Obituary: Alan (alanE) Eldridge


> As some people may of read, Alan Eldridge passed away a few days ago.
> The news has been slowly filtering through various websites over the past
> few days.
>
> He was a member of the KDE on FreeBSD core team,
> a KDE and FreeBSD maintainer and a maintainer for various ports for
> FreeBSD, as well as other Open Source Projects.
> Some of you may of known him in person, others through his work and
> others through the lists he was associated with like this one.
>
> There is an Obituary on http://freebsd.kde.org/memoriam/alane.php
> His blog covering the past few months is here:
> http://www.fruitsalad.org/people/alane/
>
> I'm sure that he will be sadly missed by all....
>
>
>
> --
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