This is absolutely unbelievable. I am saddened at the news, and like all of you, 
my heartfelt condolences to his family. But then, we are all part of his family, 
in a way, yes? 

I met Wirt at HPWorld 2000, and he was extremely erudite and entertaining, 
but more than that (and this surprised me), he was genuinely warm and cared 
about what was going on with the people in our little corner of computerdom.

I still have a copy of this post ( http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?
A2=HP3000-L;jeGKSg;19970609003426-0400B ) hanging on my wall, which I 
share with people from time to time. Nobody could tell a story like Wirt. :-)

My goodness, I better send this before I can't see well enough to keep typing.

Patrick Santucci
Oracle Database Administrator
HP-UX Systems Admin
Change Control Manager

Cornerstone Brands, Inc. (CBI)
5568 West Chester Rd
West Chester, OH 45069


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On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:21:12 -0800, Eric Sand <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>    I just received an email from Wirt Atmar's sister Margie and she has
>informed me that Wirt passed away this morning after a heart attack. His
>genius will be more than missed. I was not instructed to notify the list,
>but I feel you should all be aware of this.
>
>    Take care,
>
>         Eric Sand

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