Late as my reaction may come, it is no less heartfelt. Rather, this is a
sign of my shock upon reading those grievous news.
Like everybody else, I had just taken it for granted that Werner would
always be there. To me, he has been the embodiment of free music on
the internet, and I can hardly imagine the mutex mailing list or his
music archives to exist without him.
I have not done enough serious music typesetting to have regular
correspondence with Werner, but I will never forget his patient
helpfulness with all beginners' questions, his ever present sense of
humour, and his willingness, despite the enormous amount of work he
put into his music archives, to discuss anything from violin playing
technique to computer jokes.
I, too, will miss him sadly.
May he rest in peace.
Stefan
