Career
Previous to joining Apple full-time he had worked as an Apple campus representative (at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical) and had the opportunity to meet Steve Jobs after his 1999 MacWorld keynote. His most recent work includes Mac Operating system X Tiger Server Administration (published posthumously), Essential Mac Operating system X Panther Server Administration, articles published on O"Reilly network (Open Directory and Active Directory parts 1-4 and Panther and Active Directory ), as well as presentations and classes at many training centers/events, trade shows and conferences. He was also a regular contributor on several technical mailing lists related to Mac Operating system X and Mac Operating system X Server.
He died as a result of injuries caused by a fall from a balcony at a friend"s home in Tokyo in June 2006.
Police ruled the death an accident. The Michael Bartosh Memorial Scholarship was created in his honor.