Russ, Although I know Bruce had been having health issues for some time, this is indeed a time of grief.
Bruce had been one of the very special people in this business for a very, very long time. Even though his products have long been considered the epitome in every category from function, stability, performance, to price, he was always working to extend those qualities. He had a perspective of the software business that few others will ever be able to achieve. Yet he was always the first to contribute an answer, either here on IBM-MAIN or privately, and never asked for anything in return. Bruce was one of the most knowledgeable persons in channel programming I have ever known, including many CCWs that were never publicly documented. I doubt if the community will ever recover the loss in information that passed on with Bruce. He was truly one of a kind, and he will be sorely missed. Tom Harper -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Witt Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Bruce Black passed away I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend. Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor health for some time, but things were looking better. So this has come as a surprise to many of us. The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address active for some time, so if you want to send condolences to the family you can send them to Bruce's email address at Innovation and they will forward them along to his family. Russell Witt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
