Re: Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread Kevin Cully
Jeff was supposed to come to the Fox Forward conference but couldn't make it at the last minute. He was really bummed that he missed it. I'm going to miss him on the ProFox list. On 01/30/2016 06:43 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: I'm so sorry to hear that, Fred. I feare

Re: [NF] Ed Yourdon

2016-01-30 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-01-30 16:58, Ken Dibble wrote: The media coverage of the problem was a hoax. The problem was very real. +1 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of th

Re: [NF] Ed Yourdon

2016-01-30 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-01-29 08:10, Edward Leafe wrote: On Jan 28, 2016, at 7:53 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Sad news indeed but he did make a big mistake with his predictions about the severity of the Y2K problem despite selling a lot of books about it! He laughed all the way to

Re: Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I'm so sorry to hear that, Fred. I feared the worst when I didn't hear back from Jeff. He reached out to me earlier this month and was supposed to send me some stuff and when I didn't hear back, I feared the worst. He was a wonderful colleague. I met him (and you) back in 2002 at WhilFest

Re: Multi-Select Grid & Foxite Code Issue (Was...RE: A Question of ListBoxes)

2016-01-30 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-01-29 17:20, Kurt Wendt wrote: To be honest - I hadn't sub-classed before, but, I figured it out and made a Grid sub-class. imo, subclassing is the BEST and will allow you to really love the Fox moreso. If I couldn't (or didn't) subclass, I might as well use VB. :-) OOP is where

Re: [NF] security tips from a hacking pro

2016-01-30 Thread Ken Dibble
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/nsa-hacker-chief-explains-how-to-keep-him-out-of-your-system/ "How the NSA Gets You", eh? How the NSA gets you is by buying zero-day exploits on the black market for tens of thousands of dollars apiece, and stockpiling them, and refusing to inform the software v

Re: [NF] Ed Yourdon

2016-01-30 Thread Ken Dibble
You think it was a hoax? IMO, it was a very critical warning that every major company around the globe examined and agreed with, and then invested a lot of money in fixing. The only reason that those things didn't happen is because of the advance warning by people like Yourdon. +1 Of cour

Re: Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread Alan Bourke
RIP Jeff -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtec

Re: Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread Ted Roche
Oh, how sad. Jeff was a good guy, a Marine, proud grandfather, and an active contributor here. He'll be missed. On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Fred Taylor wrote: > It's with deep sorrow I report that Jeff Johnson passed away this past > Tuesday. He will be truly missed. > > Fred >

Re: Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread Jean Laeremans
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Re: Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread Dave Crozier
I found out on Facebook this morning. Very sad indeed. We had a good messenger chat a few weeks ago and he was relating how tired he was recently. He had been chatting to John Koziol who is also very ill but slowly fighting his way forward and they were both in fine spirits supporting each other

Re: Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread Tracy Pearson
On January 30, 2016 10:54:42 AM EST, Fred Taylor wrote: >It's with deep sorrow I report that Jeff Johnson passed away this past >Tuesday. He will be truly missed. > >Fred This news saddens me. May he be remembered for they positive things he had done. Tracy -- Sent from my Android device wit

Jeff Johnson

2016-01-30 Thread Fred Taylor
It's with deep sorrow I report that Jeff Johnson passed away this past Tuesday. He will be truly missed. Fred This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.a