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Michael Bartosh Passes

I truly wish that I didn't have such sad news. I've learned today that Michael Bartosh has suddenly passed away. Michael was the co-author of the best Mac OS X Server book on the market, O'Reilly's "Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration" and was a tireless advocate for Mac OS X. Many, myself included, held him in awe for the amazing breadth of knowledge he possessed about Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server and his countless posts to the mailing lists that us Mac admins frequent.

I had the privilege of meeting Michael at an O'Reilly Mac OS X conference a few years ago and learned that he was also great fun to hang out with.

We're going to miss you Michael. Our deepest condolences to your family.

Note:  John C. Welch has some nice commentary about Bartosh and his effect on our community.

I truly wish that I didn't have such sad news. I've learned today that Michael Bartosh has suddenly passed away. Michael was the co-author...
 

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Andrew

My heart sank and tears came to my eyes when I read this. I worked a little with this guy. He started as the apple student rep at Texas A&M. The same position I later held for three years. He left some big shoes to fill. One of the peices of advice he gave me was "get less sleep."

He was an awesome guy. I feel for his wife and family.

June 21 2006 at 2:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
guerro

He fell from a balcony. And what is with all the future tense writing with the media these days. He passes? He dies? He falls? Shouldnt it be he Passed, died, fell ???? I am noticing this a lot in the news media these days. Anyway, sorry to see such a great asset to the Mac community die.

June 20 2006 at 2:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
umijin

Ummm - crazy question, but as a Tokyo-ite how did he tragically die here?

June 19 2006 at 10:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew - birdDog digital

Terrible to hear. I had just been emailing him about some ideas I had, and we might have worked together.

My best to his family.

June 12 2006 at 10:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stealth43

Godspeed sir.

June 12 2006 at 8:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex Thurley

I visited a technology briefing on 23rd of may, only some days ago, and i read he is dead due to a tragic accident. It's very sad and shocking and a big loss. On behalf of my team: our thoughts go out to his family and friends, Michael will live on through his books and in all our memories.

June 12 2006 at 6:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
James Donevan

Michael Bartosh will be sadly missed by the Mac community, heartfelt condolences to his wife. He leaves us far too soon.

With no offence to Michael, the nature of this report perhaps points out the editorial shortcomings of many of the TUAW bloggers. 'Passing away' is a well used and perfectly acceptable reportage term to describe an individual's death in many situations. However it is not particularly well chosen when someone dies from a sudden, tragic accident as happened in this case.

June 12 2006 at 5:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Doug Hanley

Um MacDiva needs some people skills. At the very least a drop of tact.

Michael will be missed.

June 12 2006 at 2:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe Clark

“Suddenly passed away” is similar to “died suddenly,” a euphemism commonly used in newspaper reporting. Is that intended?

June 12 2006 at 1:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Garrett

Holy crap! I'm sitting here in utter shock and disbelief. I only met Michael once and his knowledge and skills were so evident, not to mention he was one of the rare geeks who had a wonderful personality. He was even scheduled to be on-site doing some more work with my company later next month. This is completely tragic....

June 12 2006 at 12:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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