{"id":981,"date":"2008-01-28T14:59:20","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T14:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/01\/scotty-mcleod.htm"},"modified":"2008-07-21T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2008-07-21T16:43:14","slug":"scotty-mcleod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/01\/scotty-mcleod.htm","title":{"rendered":"Scotty McLeod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it feels as though the UK IT Pro community is a very small place and I&#8217;m always pleased to hear from people that I consider to be experts in their field; however last Friday&#8217;s e-mail from <a href=\"http:\/\/richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com\/\">Richard Siddaway<\/a> knocked me for six.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/scotty-mcleod.jpg?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=Scotty McLeod\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/winserverteam.org.uk\/blogs\/scotty\/\">Scotty McLeod<\/a>, leader of the <a href=\"http:\/\/winserverteam.org.uk\/\">Windows Server UK User Group<\/a>, was involved in a horrific accident last Wednesday night and is currently fighting for his life in hospital.  I still can&#8217;t quite comprehend what&#8217;s happened (hence the reason it&#8217;s taken so long to write this post) but I&#8217;m sure that there are many readers of this blog who know Scotty (many better than I do) and will join me in wishing him a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/24\/scotty-get-well-soon\/\">Dmitry Sotnikov is keeping a post on his blog updated with the latest news on Scotty&#8217;s progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, my thoughts are with Scotty and his family.  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