10 Replies Latest reply: Jul 24, 2014 3:25 PM by JuleeBruce

Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

Arnis Gubins Jun 9, 2014 7:33 AM

News posted by Carolyn Stallard on the framemaker-dita list:

Jeremy Griffith, the creator of Mif2Go and DITA2Go, died on May 15 after a long illness.

1. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

Mike Wickham Jun 9, 2014 11:10 AM (in response to Arnis Gubins)

Wow. Sad news, indeed. Jeremy's programs have no equal and he was always
friendly, helpful, and generous-- actually offering free copies of his
software to unemployed tech writers, as a recall. He will be missed.

P.S. I hope he was able set wheels in motion that will allow his
software to be available and supported in the future. Over the years,
we've seen many good plugins disappear with the loss of their developer.
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2. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

Arnis Gubins Jun 9, 2014 11:30 AM (in response to Mike Wickham)

The mif2go [ Mif2Go converts FrameMaker files to HTML/XML, Help, and Word | mif2go.com ] site is still active, but I don't know if Jeremy had any employees/partners that could continue to run the company. If I hear anything further about this, I'll post details here.

If anybody else any any further information about Jeremy or his company, please feel free to post that here.
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3. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

Arnis Gubins Jun 11, 2014 11:09 AM (in response to Arnis Gubins)

From John Sgammato on the Framers list:

Mif2go creator Jeremy Griffith died on May 15th after a long illness.
His wife Debra writes:
"He was born 2-7-42 and passed away on 5-15-14. He was in extreme pain the
last several months of his life, but was getting up for short periods
during the day to continue his
computer work. He worked up until a few days before he died. He loved his
work. He was a good man and we miss him."
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4. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

NoMoRain Jun 23, 2014 7:47 PM (in response to Arnis Gubins)

Mif2Go and DITA2Go are still available. Plans for future development and support are under consideration.
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5. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

JuleeBruce Jul 22, 2014 2:28 PM (in response to NoMoRain)

So very sad to hear this news! There was no one quite like Jeremy!

Please let me know if you have any information on future development and support. I am a long-time user. I have been trying to upgrade for months (long story).
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6. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

Arnis Gubins Jul 22, 2014 3:26 PM (in response to JuleeBruce)

Julee,

Send a Forum private message to NoMoRain at Omni Systems.
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7. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

JuleeBruce Jul 22, 2014 3:45 PM (in response to Arnis Gubins)

Done. Thank you so much!
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8. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

iatima Jul 23, 2014 12:40 AM (in response to Arnis Gubins)

These are very sad news.
My condolences to the family.
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9. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

Ali White Jul 23, 2014 11:55 PM (in response to Arnis Gubins)

Jeremy was a guiding light - what a human being!
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10. Re: Sad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014

JuleeBruce Jul 24, 2014 3:25 PM (in response to JuleeBruce)

Truly missing Jeremy right now! I didn't realize how much he held my hand through the install process until now.
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