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history:memorial [2025/03/16 18:19] – Cleanup. removed odd remark. perhaps we need a separate obits page for Sysops and keep this page for the bigger innovators? jas hudhistory:memorial [2025/03/20 13:32] (current) – Mention Mark "Sparky" Herring's passing here (QWK creator). digital man
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 Original developer of [[http://www.thefullwiki.org/Opus-CBCS|Opus-CBCS]] and contributor to important BBS standards, like FOSSIL ([[http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/OPUS/opushist.html|history]]). Original developer of [[http://www.thefullwiki.org/Opus-CBCS|Opus-CBCS]] and contributor to important BBS standards, like FOSSIL ([[http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/OPUS/opushist.html|history]]).
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 +===== Mark "Sparky" Herring =====
 +Mark Herring, contributor to PCBEcho, author of QMail and creator the QWK packet format died in April 2020 [[https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/22/qwk_swatting_death/|as the result of a fake-swatting incident over his @Tennessee Twitter handle]].
  
 ===== Mike Woltz ===== ===== Mike Woltz =====
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 Long time Fidonet sysop and past Z1C passed away on October 21, 2024 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Long time Fidonet sysop and past Z1C passed away on October 21, 2024 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
 [[https://www.perkinsfh.com/obituary/Janis-Kracht|Obituary]] [[https://www.perkinsfh.com/obituary/Janis-Kracht|Obituary]]
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 ===== John Friel III ===== ===== John Friel III =====
 [[wp>Qmodem]] author and Mustang Software employee [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42551900|died December, 2024]]. [[wp>Qmodem]] author and Mustang Software employee [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42551900|died December, 2024]].

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