[BlueOnyx:08779] Re: A member of our community passes

[Stephanie Sullivan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
> [mailto:cobaltfacts at virtbiz.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 5:58 PM
> To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:08765] A member of our community passes
> 
> 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.
> 
> --
> Chris Gebhardt
> VIRTBIZ Internet Services
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I'm sad to hear of Darrell's passing. He was friendly voice in the BX/BQ
world. I've missed his voice and know sadly know why.

	-Stephanie