Michael Rudrich
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:47 pm
I am very saddened to inform eXpress++ users of the death of Michael Rudrich.
I learned the news today from Tom Liehr.
Michael was a friend of both Tom and myself and many others in the eXpress++ community.
He planned to fly out to Boise, ID USA this spring, with Tom, to attend the spring eXpress++ devcon.
A short while before the devcon he notified us that he had fallen down a stairs and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
We all thought that he would be ok.
I even communicated with him in the past few days via email.
I had hoped that we would all get together again this November when I fly out to Europe for the devcon, but alas, Michael has succumbed to his injuries.
I first met Michael in 1999 shortly after I had introduced eXpress++ 1.0.
He flew to Boise for training and we became friends almost immediately.
Michael was a generous, high-spirited man who loved good food, good wine and Bavarian Hefeweizen beer.
He also loved the town of Weiden, Bavaria, Germany and only drove BMW cars.
I visited him in his home town 3 times. I stayed in a hotel that was 650 years old. I even brought back a painting of Weiden and had it framed.
My visits to Weiden and my times with Michael were some of the most memorable times of my life.
He was so generous with his time when I wanted to meet with eXpress++ users in Germany.
He drove me hundreds of miles to different towns and even drove me to Austria to pick up a plane to Milano, Italy for an Xbase++ devcon.
He drove Tom Liehr, Jim Graham, Klaus Bischoff and myself to Hintertux, Austria for a few days of skiing in the Austrian Alps before driving us all to The Netherlands for another Xbase++ Devcon.
He drove Bobby Drakos and myself to Hamburg (twice) just to spend a few hours in that beautiful city.
I tried to repay the favor the last time he came to the U.S. and so I drove him from Boise to San Francisco.
That was the last time I saw him in the U.S.
The last time I saw him in Germany was at his home in Weiden right after the European Devcon 2 years ago.
Michael will be missed very much by many people.
I learned the news today from Tom Liehr.
Michael was a friend of both Tom and myself and many others in the eXpress++ community.
He planned to fly out to Boise, ID USA this spring, with Tom, to attend the spring eXpress++ devcon.
A short while before the devcon he notified us that he had fallen down a stairs and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
We all thought that he would be ok.
I even communicated with him in the past few days via email.
I had hoped that we would all get together again this November when I fly out to Europe for the devcon, but alas, Michael has succumbed to his injuries.
I first met Michael in 1999 shortly after I had introduced eXpress++ 1.0.
He flew to Boise for training and we became friends almost immediately.
Michael was a generous, high-spirited man who loved good food, good wine and Bavarian Hefeweizen beer.
He also loved the town of Weiden, Bavaria, Germany and only drove BMW cars.
I visited him in his home town 3 times. I stayed in a hotel that was 650 years old. I even brought back a painting of Weiden and had it framed.
My visits to Weiden and my times with Michael were some of the most memorable times of my life.
He was so generous with his time when I wanted to meet with eXpress++ users in Germany.
He drove me hundreds of miles to different towns and even drove me to Austria to pick up a plane to Milano, Italy for an Xbase++ devcon.
He drove Tom Liehr, Jim Graham, Klaus Bischoff and myself to Hintertux, Austria for a few days of skiing in the Austrian Alps before driving us all to The Netherlands for another Xbase++ Devcon.
He drove Bobby Drakos and myself to Hamburg (twice) just to spend a few hours in that beautiful city.
I tried to repay the favor the last time he came to the U.S. and so I drove him from Boise to San Francisco.
That was the last time I saw him in the U.S.
The last time I saw him in Germany was at his home in Weiden right after the European Devcon 2 years ago.
Michael will be missed very much by many people.
