Sad News: Thomas Divine

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1

I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.

I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.

Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.

I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of his passing.

I just thought you’d all like to know,

Peter

2

Thanks, Peter.

All true. I’d add that Thomas was a veteran and also just a good, solid
dude.

I too will miss TD.

mm

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Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:59 AM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine

I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development
community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.

I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him
in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I
remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.

Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by
answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never
failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.

I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of
his passing.

I just thought you’d all like to know,

Peter

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3

Such sad news. Whenever an NDIS has come up, I always waited to see what he had to say (as I had no clue ;)). Thank you for sharing.

d

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Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:59 AM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine

I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.

I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.

Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.

I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of his passing.

I just thought you’d all like to know,

Peter

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4

Yikes. That is sad. Thomas was an Official Windows Dinosaur. He will be
missed.

Mark Roddy

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:58 PM, wrote:

> I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development
> community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.
>
> I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met
> him in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I
> remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.
>
> Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by
> answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never
> failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.
>
> I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of
> his passing.
>
> I just thought you’d all like to know,
>
> Peter
>
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5

He helped me tremendously in the past. His NDIS knowledge was impressive.

This is sad news indeed.

Paul

6

I and many others I have worked with owe an unpayable debt of gratitude to
Thomas for his council, tutelage, and friendship over many years.

Fair winds friend …

Dave Cattley

7

Thanks, Thomas. You shared your knowledge with me and many others.

8

Fare well, TD. Thanks for all the help you’ve given to the community!
He was a truely nice person.
Kind regards, Dejan.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 7:58 PM, wrote:
> I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.
>
> I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.
>
> Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.
>
> I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of his passing.
>
> I just thought you’d all like to know,
>
> Peter
>
> —
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9

This is a really sad news.

Thomas was my favorite poster in this NG. Apart from being a renowned NDIS expert he was DEFINITELY (at least on my books) one the most intelligent posters in the history of his NG ever and, apparently, the only NTDEV member whom I really had a profound respect to…

Rest in peace, Thomas…

Anton Bassov

10

Sad news. As recently as few weeks back I visited his NDIS website for some specific (non miniport) info.

RIP Mr. Thomas Divine.

11

Thank you, Peter.

May there be someone who is able to say the same things about us when our time comes…

William

William G. Dempsey
xxxxx@dempsey.com
(408) 828-6829

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Dejan Maksimovic
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 13:48
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: Re: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine

Fare well, TD. Thanks for all the help you’ve given to the community!
He was a truely nice person.
Kind regards, Dejan.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 7:58 PM, wrote:
> I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.
>
> I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.
>
> Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.
>
> I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of his passing.
>
> I just thought you’d all like to know,
>
> Peter
>
> —
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12

Thomas was truly a class act, and a good friend. Not only was he willing to
help on NDIS, Thomas and I traded contracts at times when the other could do
better. My favorite was years ago some members of my family that lived near
Thomas were asking me for remote tech support. I asked Thomas for the name
of a good computer store in his area so I could send the family to it, he
offered to go over himself to fix the problem. Thomas will be sorely
missed.

Don Burn
Windows Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com

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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of xxxxx@osr.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:59 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine

I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development
community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.

I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him
in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I
remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.

Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by
answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never
failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.

I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of
his passing.

I just thought you’d all like to know,

Peter

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13

It was good to know that Mr. Divine is around. No more.
I’ve used his ndisprot package and code examples a lot, and had
opportunity to thank him in person at the 1st DevCon.

He will be missed and remembered warmly.

Thank you for informing, Peter.

– pa

14

Consolation is that if he was saved, and I pray he was, he’ll be in heaven
when we get there!

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Don Burn
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 7:00 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine

Thomas was truly a class act, and a good friend. Not only was he willing to
help on NDIS, Thomas and I traded contracts at times when the other could do
better. My favorite was years ago some members of my family that lived near
Thomas were asking me for remote tech support. I asked Thomas for the name
of a good computer store in his area so I could send the family to it, he
offered to go over himself to fix the problem. Thomas will be sorely
missed.

Don Burn
Windows Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of xxxxx@osr.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:59 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine

I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development
community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.

I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him
in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I
remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.

Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by
answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never
failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.

I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of
his passing.

I just thought you’d all like to know,

Peter

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I had email exchange in March/April, and never realized he was sick or
something. I had, in the past, few phone conversations with him mostly
outside normal tech talk…

I will miss my friend.

Pro

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:40 PM, mike wrote:
> Consolation is that if he was saved, and I pray he was, he’ll be in heaven
> when we get there!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Don Burn
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 7:00 PM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: RE: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine
>
> Thomas was truly a class act, and a good friend. Not only was he willing to
> help on NDIS, Thomas and I traded contracts at times when the other could do
> better. My favorite was years ago some members of my family that lived near
> Thomas were asking me for remote tech support. I asked Thomas for the name
> of a good computer store in his area so I could send the family to it, he
> offered to go over himself to fix the problem. Thomas will be sorely
> missed.
>
>
> Don Burn
> Windows Driver Consulting
> Website: http://www.windrvr.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of xxxxx@osr.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:59 PM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine
>
> I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development
> community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.
>
> I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him
> in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I
> remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.
>
> Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by
> answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never
> failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.
>
> I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of
> his passing.
>
> I just thought you’d all like to know,
>
> Peter
>
> —
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16

Such sad news. I remember conversing on this very list with Mr. Divine over
a decade ago. He was helpful on many occasions. I do not recall if we ever
met.
ᐧ

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Prokash Sinha wrote:

> I had email exchange in March/April, and never realized he was sick or
> something. I had, in the past, few phone conversations with him mostly
> outside normal tech talk…
>
> I will miss my friend.
>
> Pro
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:40 PM, mike wrote:
> > Consolation is that if he was saved, and I pray he was, he’ll be in
> heaven
> > when we get there!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> > [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Don Burn
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 7:00 PM
> > To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> > Subject: RE: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine
> >
> > Thomas was truly a class act, and a good friend. Not only was he
> willing to
> > help on NDIS, Thomas and I traded contracts at times when the other
> could do
> > better. My favorite was years ago some members of my family that lived
> near
> > Thomas were asking me for remote tech support. I asked Thomas for the
> name
> > of a good computer store in his area so I could send the family to it, he
> > offered to go over himself to fix the problem. Thomas will be sorely
> > missed.
> >
> >
> > Don Burn
> > Windows Driver Consulting
> > Website: http://www.windrvr.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> > [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of xxxxx@osr.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:59 PM
> > To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> > Subject: [ntdev] Sad News: Thomas Divine
> >
> > I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development
> > community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years
> old.
> >
> > I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met
> him
> > in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I
> > remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.
> >
> > Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by
> > answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never
> > failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.
> >
> > I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result
> of
> > his passing.
> >
> > I just thought you’d all like to know,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > —
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17

Very, very sad.

He was one of the most experienced gurus in the community.

–
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Microsoft MVP on File System And Storage
xxxxx@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years old.
>
> I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met him in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.
>
> Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.
>
> I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of his passing.
>
> I just thought you’d all like to know,
>
> Peter
>

18

sad news offering my sincere condolences to the bereaved
may the almighty rest his soul in peace.

On 7/30/15, Maxim S. Shatskih wrote:
> Very, very sad.
>
> He was one of the most experienced gurus in the community.
>
> –
> Maxim S. Shatskih
> Microsoft MVP on File System And Storage
> xxxxx@storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
> wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>>I am sorry to report that our colleague in the Windows driver development
>> community Thomas Divine died at the end of June 2015. He was 69 years
>> old.
>>
>> I knew Thomas for a long time… probably close to twenty years. I met
>> him in-person at various conferences, and I always enjoyed his company. I
>> remember him answering questions here on NTDEV as recently as mid-June.
>>
>> Thomas was an NDIS expert. He always generously shared his knowledge by
>> answering questions and helping people with technical issues. He never
>> failed to be pleasant in his replies. That was his nature.
>>
>> I’m going to miss Thomas. And our community will be poorer as a result of
>> his passing.
>>
>> I just thought you’d all like to know,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>
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19

>Thomas will be sorely missed.

True, Don…

For example, today someone asked a question about cloning NetbufferList in this NG, and I feel really, really sad to realize that I will never ever have a pleasure of reading Thomas’s reply or having an off-list conversation with him…

Anton Bassov

20

I’m locking this thread as a lasting tribute to Mr. Divine (before it devolves into anything else).

Thanks to everyone for sharing.

Peter