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  • John C. Dvorak passed

    From Matt Jurcich@1:154/120 to All on Thu Jul 23 22:29:38 2026

    Hi all,

    Heard on the news today John C. Dvorak passed yesterday. He was a good
    friend of OS/2 during the best time in computing!!

    RIP good sir

    -m

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Matt Jurcich on Fri Jul 24 18:23:11 2026
    Re: John C. Dvorak passed
    By: Matt Jurcich to All on Thu Jul 23 2026 10:29 pm

    Heard on the news today John C. Dvorak passed yesterday. He was a good friend of OS/2 during the best time in computing!!

    RIP good sir

    Hear hear! RIP John. :-(
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  • From Petar Smilajkov@1:226/20 to Matt Jurcich on Fri Jul 24 23:14:10 2026
    Hey,

    Heard on the news today John C. Dvorak passed yesterday. He was a good friend of OS/2 during the best time in computing!!


    Yes, very sad news. I absolutely love that guy. Been following him since The Screen Savers and Cranky Geeks on ZDTV in '99 up to last episode of No Agenda he was on this past Sunday (#1887).

    World is a different place without him, at least to me.

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