Mark Colton - 25th anniversary

[Stuart Swales]

August 5th 2020 is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mark Colton's tragic death in a racing accident.

I hope that you will join with me in raising a glass of something this evening to remember Mark.

Stuart

[lazybownz]

Yes. 

PipeDream was far ahead of its time. I still find it better than any other spreadsheet. It has stood the test of time.

Who knows what Mark would have achieved if that hill climb had not resulted in tragedy. 

I shall remember Mark.

[Stuart Swales]

As do many other faithful users! Which is why I'm happy to keep
supporting PipeDream.

I recently found this quote in an old (1996) Archive:

"PipeDream 4.5 has been revamped to bring it more closely into line with
current RISC OS standards and to take some advantage of newer machines.
It is interesting that, according to Stuart Swales of Colton Software,
they have *"tried to put the software to bed so many times that we gave
up"*. In other words pressure from the vast user base has eventually led
to the re-vamp. It is good to see user requests eventually leading in
this direction - there are few things worse than a software house
deciding to discontinue support for a package."

We were robbed of a great talent and wonderful person that day.

Stuart

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Stuart Swales