It is with heavy heart that I report this--one of the Apple II's notable
personalities has passed away.
Joe Kohn of ShareWare Solutions II, died on Jan. 6th, 2010 following a
battle with metastatic cancer. He was 62 years old and lived in Marin
County, Calif.
Joe got to know many Apple II people when he was a Sysop on the Source,
and his interest in the Apple started to grow. He became interested in
writing about the II and was a regular contributor to the Apple IIGS
Buyer's Guide and then wrote for inCider/A+, most notably writing about
shareware programs. He then started ShareWare Solutions II from 1993
thru 1999, while running an online store for Apple shareware and
freeware titles. He was active on several of the online services when
they were still supporting the A2, including Compuserve, AOL and Delphi.
An avid Apple II fan, Joe owned numerous Apple II computers including
the rare Mark Twain IIGS, and used his GS for all of his work, including
online work as his preferred machine.
In his later years he was was president of the Marin Chapter of the
Californian Native Plant Society, and became an expert on native
wildflowers and other California plants.
Burial will be in Marin County on Jan. 8th, and a memorial service will
be held on Saturday.
There is no contact information for the family at this time, we will
update this in the future should a memorial book be posted online.
Howard Katz - Ewen Wannop