Bill Marriott - flowers and donation to Diabetes research

[Richard Gaskin]

The news of Bill's passing came as a sad shock to me as it was for all 
of us.  I've met him in person only once, at RevCon Vegas where we 
enjoyed a drink together under the desert stars at Red Rock Canyon, but 
had spoken with him on the phone and corresponded with him many times 
over the years.

He's been enormously helpful to me personally, and as Kevin noted his 
contributions to the Rev community speak for themselves.  His energy and 
enthusiasm showed him so full of life that I had expected to see him 
continue his good work for many years to come.

Yes, he expressed his opinions strongly, both before he joined RunRev 
and during his tenure there.  I liked that about him:  his candor was 
refreshing; I never had to guess where he was coming from. I used to 
take exception to some of his ideas, but over time I came to appreciate 
that he had a long experience in this industry to back it up, and his 
love of Rev was in earnest, passionately so.  I learned a lot from him.

It's very rare to find someone who can not only market a complex product 
like Rev, but can do so as effectively by knowing it intimately from 
having scripted in it for many years.  He had a unique insight into the 
mind of the Rev customer by having been one himself.  He will be missed 
here, and his work will be missed by all of us.


I'll be sending flowers to his memorial service on behalf of the Rev 
Developer Community, and making a modest donation to the American 
Diabetes Association in his name.

If any of you would like to make a contribution to that please contact 
me offlist and we'll make arrangements to pool our donations.

If you'd like to donate directly to the American Diabetes Association 
you can do so here:
<http://www.diabetes.org/how-to-give/ways-to-donate-give/>

--
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World
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