>This is truely sad news. I hope everyone at DevCon goes a day without shoes in his honor.

Take the group pictures this year sans shoes.

About seven years ago Tom mailed me a clipping from the San Francisco "Chronicle." It was a story about a barefoot hiking club from Marin County, where he lived. I asked him if he was a member and he told me it was too crazy, even for him. He sent it to me just because he wanted to prove there were people more into it than he.

Tom introduced me to Bonnie, too. He was trying to pick up on her at the time, of course!

Gary DeWitt