Michael Bartosh

Michael Bartosh

Michael Bartosh (September 18, 1977 – June 11, 2006) was president and CTO of 4am Media, Inc, an Apple Certified Trainer, certified member of the Apple Consultants Network, published author and former systems engineer for Apple Computer. Previous to joining Apple fulltime he had worked as an Apple campus rep (at Texas A&M) and had the opportunity to meet Steve Jobs after his 1999 MacWorld keynote.^[1] His main focus and expertise was directory services and integration, and was considered by members of the Macintosh support and development community to be one of the foremost experts on the subject, having literally "written the book." ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Michael Bartosh (on right) with Steve Jobs

His most recent work includes Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration (published posthumously), Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration, articles published on O'Reilly network (Open Directory and Active Directory parts 1-4 and Panther and Active Directory ^[5]), as well as presentations and classes at many training centers/events, trade shows and conferences. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} He was also a regular contributor on several technical mailing lists related to Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. ^[10]

Death

He died as a result of injuries caused by a fall from a balcony at a friend's home in Tokyo in June 2006.^[11] Police ruled the death an accident. The Michael Bartosh Memorial Scholarship was created in his honor. ^[12]

Bibliography

• Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration ^[13], O'Reilly Media, September 2006, ISBN 0-596-52954-6
• Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration ^[14], O'Reilly Media, May 2005, ISBN 0-596-00635-7

References

1. ^ "Apple Campus Reps with Steve Jobs". Beau Smith. http://www.flickr.com/photos/beausmith/6215866305. 
2. ^ Charles Jade (June 12, 2006). "Michael Bartosh has died". Infinite Loop. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/6/12/4294. 
3. ^ John C. Welch (June 11, 2006). "Ah crap". bynkii.com. http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2006/06/ah_crap.html. 
4. ^ Peter Cohen (June 12, 2006). "Mac author Michael Bartosh dies". Macworld. http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/12/bartosh/index.php. 
5. ^ "Michael Bartosh". O'Reilly Network. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1268. 
6. ^ macretreats.com
7. ^ O'Reilly Mac OS X 2003
8. ^ Macworld - Speaker Bios
9. ^ LISA '04 - Technical Sessions
10. ^ Michael Briney (June 11, 2006). "Fwd: Michael Bartosh". Mac OS X enterprise deployment project. http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0606&L=macenterprise&T=0&X=363F7D04D4D348073D&P=30057. 
11. ^ AFP548 - Michael Bartosh 1977-2006
12. ^ "Michael Bartosh MacIT Scholarship Fund". Macworld. http://www.macworldexpo.com/michaelbartoshmemorialscholarship. 
13. ^ oreilly.com - Online Catalog: Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration
14. ^ O'Reilly Media | Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration

External links

• 4AM Media was Michael's training and consulting business.
• Bio and list of articles at O'Reilly.

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Name	Bartosh, Michael
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Date of birth	September 18, 1977
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Date of death	June 11, 2006
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