Vernon D. Buerg, creator of LIST, is dead
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From: Robert AH Prins on 10 May 2010 15:57 List was never freeware, but many of us were quite likely using it at one time or another. The bad news is that it has now probably disappeared into the great digital beyond, <http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20100107/COMMUNITY/100109636> <quote> Vernon D. Buerg Business owner Published: Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. San Francisco native Vernon D. Buerg died suddenly at his home in Petaluma on Dec. 30, 2009. He was 62. Mr. Buerg owned and operated Buerg Software of Petaluma. He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Foreman of Sonoma; siblings, Carolyn Hitt of Rohnert Park and Steven Buerg of Daly City; nieces; and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Julie Ann Buerg. Private family services will be held.</quote> The world has lost one of the great shareware programmers. :(
From: Jeffrey Needle on 10 May 2010 14:41 Man, I remember LIST very well. Had it on every DOS computer I ever owned. It was one of the greats. I hope there's a computer heaven that Buerg can go to. On Mon, 10 May 2010 12:57:49 -0700, Robert AH Prins <spamtrap(a)prino.org> wrote: > List was never freeware, but many of us were quite likely using it at > one time or another. The bad news is that it has now probably > disappeared into the great digital beyond, > <http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20100107/COMMUNITY/100109636> > > <quote> > Vernon D. Buerg > Business owner > > Published: Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. > Last Modified: Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. > > San Francisco native Vernon D. Buerg died suddenly at his home in > Petaluma on Dec. 30, 2009. He was 62. > > Mr. Buerg owned and operated Buerg Software of Petaluma. > > He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Foreman of Sonoma; siblings, > Carolyn Hitt of Rohnert Park and Steven Buerg of Daly City; nieces; and > nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Julie Ann Buerg. > > Private family services will be held.</quote> > > The world has lost one of the great shareware programmers. :( -- ------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com
From: Caesar Romano on 10 May 2010 14:55 On Mon, 10 May 2010 11:41:01 -0700, "Jeffrey Needle" <jeff.needle(a)gmail.com> wrote Re Re: Vernon D. Buerg, creator of LIST, is dead: >Man, I remember LIST very well. Had it on every DOS computer I ever >owned. It was one of the greats. I hope there's a computer heaven that >Buerg can go to. +1 on that. He was only 62. That seems much to young to someone who is already older than that. -- Work is the curse of the drinking class.
From: responder on 11 May 2010 17:43 On 5/10/2010 3:57 PM, Robert AH Prins wrote: > List was never freeware, but many of us were quite likely using it at > one time or another. The bad news is that it has now probably > disappeared into the great digital beyond, > <http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20100107/COMMUNITY/100109636> > > <quote> > Vernon D. Buerg > Business owner > > Published: Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. > Last Modified: Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. > > San Francisco native Vernon D. Buerg died suddenly at his home in > Petaluma on Dec. 30, 2009. He was 62. > > Mr. Buerg owned and operated Buerg Software of Petaluma. > > He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Foreman of Sonoma; siblings, > Carolyn Hitt of Rohnert Park and Steven Buerg of Daly City; nieces; and > nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Julie Ann Buerg. > > Private family services will be held.</quote> > > The world has lost one of the great shareware programmers. :( One of the handiest programs I ever had. Had it from inception, and I bought the shareware.. Big loss...he was quite young.
From: Bob Adkins on 12 May 2010 15:19 >The world has lost one of the great shareware programmers. :( I guess List was the first piece of shareware I can remember. RIP Vern!
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