I used to kid around with Drew a lot about his son always being with him at Cons and usually on a laptop coding FoxPro. I started referring to Brent as "Mini-D" because, so often, they'd be sitting side-by-side, both wearing glasses and both looking intently into the laptop screens.
When I heard about Drew, I was upset, but when I found it also involved his son Brent, I was just floored. An incredible loss. I cannot imagine what his family must be going through and my heart is out to them.
>On Friday, September 16, 2005, Drew Speedie and his son, Brent, fell a few hundred feet to their deaths from a bridge in Yellowstone Park. The Speedie family was on vacation there. Details of this tragedy are extremely limited at this time.
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>Drew was a friend and a valued member of the Visionpace team. He was the architect and primary developer of the Visual Maxframe Professional VFP framework and a frequent speaker at Fox conferences in North America and Europe and was often accompanied by Brent and his wife, Irene.
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>Questions or concerns should be directed to Russ Swall (
rswall@visionpace.com) or by phone, 816-350-7900 or 888-904-7900.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05