[BlueOnyx:08774] Re: A member of our community passes

[Christoph Schneeberger]

Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote:
> Forgive me, this is not a technical posting.  I pass this information 
> along because I have always considered this list as more than just a 
> technical list-serv.  We are a community.
>
> This is late in coming, but I only learned today.  Darrell Mobley, a 
> frequent contributor to the BlueOnyx (and BlueQuartz before it) list, 
> has passed away.  Darrell's last post to this list was on August 4 and 
> his death was just 5 days after on August 9, 2011.  He was 54 years old.
>
> Darrell has been a customer of ours since 2006 and was an ardent fan of 
> the BlueOnyx platform and a vivid personality on this list.   As with 
> many of you that I know as fellow BX users and/or customers, I have long 
> considered Darrell a friend.
>
> I called Darrell to check in on him today after we had not heard from 
> him regarding some alarms that his server was generating.  When his 
> Apache failed to respond for 4 hours, we were escalated to investigate 
> and restore as per our standing SLA with him.  That was the first time 
> that we had stepped in without being asked, and that struck me as odd. 
> Darrell's mother answered the phone and told me the news.
>
> Again, forgive me if the post is not of the usual content, but I felt it 
> was worthy of mention here.
I lack the right words... But Darrell and his helpful posts will be
missed here.

Farewell our fellow BlueOnyxer!

Christoph