Don Crabb, dead at 44

From: Paul Braun <nerdware_at_laidbak.com>
Date: Tue Feb 29 21:48:15 2000

I heard this Monday and was shocked.

I knew Don had been sick, but thought he was recovering.

Don truly was a wonderful guy. I emailed him with questions on
several occasions and he always went out of his way to respond,
usually within a few hours! And he didn't know me from anyone.

He was a gifted writer. I just couldn't get enough of his columns
and articles. Intelligent, witty, and always fair. Sure, he was rabidly
pro-Mac, but never blindly so. He wasn't afraid to criticize where he
saw room for improvement. Always making suggestions to improve
the State of the Mac.

Don was engaged to be married for the second time (he took ill and
was hospitalized on his wedding day -- truly sad) and was very
happy with the way his life was going. Living in the Chicago area, I
have listened to Crabby on the air over the years, both on his own
show on WGN and on with local legend Steve Dahl, with whom he
shared not only a love of techie stuff but also the same strange,
twisted sense of humor. It was hard not to like Don.

Dahl has a very touching commentary on Don's passing posted on
his web page at www.dahl.com. If you read all the replies to Roger
Ebert's eulogy posted on www.suntimes.com, you'll realize that
this was a man that few people in the computer world didn't like.

Damn shame. I always wanted to take a day off and take him to
lunch. I, for one, am going to miss him.

Rest in peace, Crabby.



Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware_at_laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
Received on Tue Feb 29 2000 - 21:48:15 GMT