Sad News

[Database Administrator]

I regret to have to say that John Timmons, a long-time member of the
original Pick group (though not at Pick & Associates), passed away of
a heart attack at his home in Washington State. He was 65, I think.

John was one of the first people I dealt with often when the Pick
(then-)OS was being actively developed. His many and insightful inputs
into the development effort helped shape the formative years of the
Pick system. I talked to him often and was always glad to adopt his
suggestions or criticisms.

In the years past lately, I have not personally kept in touch with
him, a matter of regret now.

To anyone who knew him or Wil lie, her address is 11[ xxx ]901 Vail Ro
ad SE Yelm 98[ xxx ]597

[Database Administrator]

cmurthi@seeinggreen.net wrote:
> I regret to have to say that John Timmons, a long-time member of the
> original Pick group (though not at Pick & Associates)...

ISTR he was at 17911 Sky Park Circle; if he wasn't a P&A
employee, then he must have been Microdata?

> ...passed away of
> a heart attack at his home in Washington State. He was 65, I think.

John was a class guy, and I learned a lot from him, not
just about programming.

> John was one of the first people I dealt with often when the Pick
> (then-)OS was being actively developed. His many and insightful inputs
> into the development effort helped shape the formative years of the
> Pick system. I talked to him often and was always glad to adopt his
> suggestions or criticisms.
>
> In the years past lately, I have not personally kept in touch with
> him, a matter of regret now.
>
> To anyone who knew him or Wil lie, her address is 11[ xxx ]901 Vail Ro
> ad SE Yelm 98[ xxx ]597

According to Jim Stephens, there is a memorial planned for
Saturday, Nov 11 in Yelm, WA.

--
frosty

[Database Administrator]

On Nov 5, 12:24 pm, "frosty" wrote:
> cmur...@seeinggreen.net wrote:
> > I regret to have to say that John Timmons, a long-time member of the
> > original Pick group (though not at Pick & Associates)...
>
> ISTR he was at 17911 Sky Park Circle; if he wasn't a P&A
> employee, then he must have been Microdata?
>
I don't *think* he was actually an employee of MD and definitely not
of P&A. He was sort of a honorary consultant who had ample access to
Pick software in those pre-litigious days.

C

[Database Administrator]

On Nov 5, 11:24*am, "frosty" wrote:

> ISTR he was at 17911 Sky Park Circle; if he wasn't a P&A
> employee, then he must have been Microdata?
>

He was not an employee of Pick (or Microdata as far as I know). He
consulted for them on many projects and as Chandru mentioned helped
shape the system in many ways. His company was Data-Cache and he
lived and worked mostly in San Diego with frequent trips to Orange
County to work at P&A/Pick Systems.

> John was a class guy, and I learned a lot from him, not
> just about programming.

Same here, I had the opportunity to work closely with him and will
miss our talks on software and life in general.

> According to Jim Stephens, there is a memorial planned for
> Saturday, Nov 11 in Yelm, WA.

Actually, that would be the 8th and I will be there.

Toby

[Database Administrator]

cmurthi@seeinggreen.net wrote:
> I regret to have to say that John Timmons, a long-time member of
> the original Pick group (though not at Pick & Associates), passed
> away of a heart attack at his home in Washington State. He was 65,
> I think.
>
> John was one of the first people I dealt with often when the Pick
> (then-)OS was being actively developed. His many and insightful
> inputs into the development effort helped shape the formative years
> of the Pick system. I talked to him often and was always glad to
> adopt his suggestions or criticisms.
>
> In the years past lately, I have not personally kept in touch with
> him, a matter of regret now.
>
> To anyone who knew him or Wil lie, her address is 11[ xxx ]901 Vail
> Ro ad SE Yelm 98[ xxx ]597

Sorry to learn of this. Thanks for posting the news. John was one of
those very knowledgeable guys in San Diego/Orange County when I was a
very slim new boy, wet behind the ears, getting started on Microdata
Reality further back in time than I care to admit.
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