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I'm very sad to relay that Bill Hill, creator of ClearType, amazing human being, and all around amazing human being passed away last weekend

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/0bfb0b487bf4445496eca0ed01501149#0bfb0b487bf4445496eca0ed01501149 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:23:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/0bfb0b487bf4445496eca0ed01501149#0bfb0b487bf4445496eca0ed01501149 Minh 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Minh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - F*ck! too soon Oh...snap. That truly is a tragedy. I really enjoyed all of his work captured here on C9. If memory serves me right he also engaged with us briefly earlier this year in this very forum. A really stand up guy. Sad

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(btw. the title of this thread isn't the best of tributes is it?)

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/b02909c9070341aa8377a0ee00252707#b02909c9070341aa8377a0ee00252707 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:15:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/b02909c9070341aa8377a0ee00252707#b02909c9070341aa8377a0ee00252707 Zeo 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Zeo/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - F*ck! too soon Damn, that is really unexpected. He will be missed.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/9de82061bc6146289c7aa0ee00294247#9de82061bc6146289c7aa0ee00294247 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:30:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/9de82061bc6146289c7aa0ee00294247#9de82061bc6146289c7aa0ee00294247 Sven Groot 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Sven Groot/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - F*ck! too soon Sad Sad indeed.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/fdf8448543004e4a8d18a0ee0029e5d0#fdf8448543004e4a8d18a0ee0029e5d0 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:32:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/fdf8448543004e4a8d18a0ee0029e5d0#fdf8448543004e4a8d18a0ee0029e5d0 System.UnauthorizedException: selected Species does not have access to target resource 'name'. 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MasterPie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - F*ck! too soon I am at a loss for words. In the weeks leading up to the launch of Channel 9 we did not know precisely what our content would be. We were working late, getting the site ready to go live and Bryn Waibel, one of our original developers came running down the hall saying, "there is only one space after a period!". "This is it, this is our content".

I thought he had lost his mind, but he went on to say how you have to see this video from Bill Hill and how he goes on to say how Windows is not the most important OS, not Linux, nor the Macintosh. We went to Bryn's office watched classic Bill Hill on Bryn's machine and we then knew what we'd show. Those videos became some of our first content and drove us to where we are today.

Thank you Bill. Bless your soul and thank you for your time with us here.

We are indebted to you. Heavy hearts to Bill's family.

-Jeff Sad

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I'll miss Bill's captivating storytelling, his passion and brilliance. His love for learning, creating and sharing knowledge. His devotion to reading and democratizing information.

Bill was deeply human. I'm not sure I've met anybody like him before that I would describe as such.

From Scoble's first C9 interviews with Bill to Bryn's eureka moment - we'll keep his memory alive and well protected. Bill is a deep part of our history and beloved member of our family, as Jeff said so well above.

We'll miss you, Bill. Thank you for being so human.

C

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/774f7e86ca3742b08f00a0ee005b230c#774f7e86ca3742b08f00a0ee005b230c Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:31:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/774f7e86ca3742b08f00a0ee005b230c#774f7e86ca3742b08f00a0ee005b230c Charles 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Charles/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - F*ck! too soon It's always a bitter blow when someone you admire passes away, but Bill Hill lived a full life -- he seemed to have packed more into his life than I will even if I live to be 100. So we shouldn't feel that he has gone 'too early';

"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years.

Abraham Lincoln

C9 should have a 'Hillathon' of all his videos in one place -- preferably linked from the front page.

 

Herbie

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Who do you talk to about getting a tribute to him on the Bing front page? Have somebody go take a beauty shot of the lake in that one video. Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/2da23687391f45f1bd7ba0ee0060cbe9#2da23687391f45f1bd7ba0ee0060cbe9 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:52:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fck-too-soon/2da23687391f45f1bd7ba0ee0060cbe9#2da23687391f45f1bd7ba0ee0060cbe9 kettch 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/kettch/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - F*ck! too soon That's a real bummer. He'll be missed. Sad

I'd also like to see some sort of Bill Hill retrospective on C9.

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C

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C

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