I was shocked last evening to hear the news of Jeff's passing. I have known
him, off and on, for about as long as I've been using LDM, and certainly as
long as Texas A&M has been providing data to others via LDM. Jeff was
smart, talented and knowledgeable. I'll personally miss him, and we all
will miss his professionalism. My thoughts and prayers are with his family
and friends.
gerry
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Steve Emmerson <emmerson@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was saddened to hear this news. My condolences to his family and friends.
>
> Since 2007, Jeff Lake has had at least 17 conversations with LDM support
> (either myself, or Tom Yoksas, or both). Many of these interactions led to
> significant package improvements.
>
> He will be missed.
>
> Steve Emmerson
> LDM Developer
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:07 PM, Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> LDM-Users,
>>
>>
>>
>> This evening, one of the lists more prolific LDM users, Jeff Lake, passed
>> away this evening due to complications from MS.
>>
>> Over the years, I got to know Jeff through this list as he operated his
>> private business. He would ask me about LDM actions and how to do things,
>> but he quickly got good enough to start learning about its limitations,
>> and the occasional bug.
>>
>>
>>
>> In fact, a few years ago, Steve Emmerson gave Jeff and I a beta copy of
>> the LDM. We then had an internal contest to see which one of us could find
>> the most bugs. In the past, I usually won those “contests”, but on this
>> one, even though I found a handful of bugs, Jeff blew me out the water. He,
>> like me, wanted to be cutting edge, and make the LDM the best it could be.
>> As a result, his work benefitted all of us, making the LDM more stable as
>> the bugs were found, and then crushed by Steve Emmerson. He was a pleasure
>> to work with, and I will miss him.
>>
>>
>>
>> My condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends, who are in
>> mourning tonight.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Gilbert Sebenste*
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>> Everyone. Home. Safely.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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