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Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:35 pm
by Habitual
R.I.P. Ian MUrdoch
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:39 pm
by helterskelter
Re: R.I.P. Ian MUrdoch
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:45 pm
by Bolle1961
Re: R.I.P. Ian MUrdoch
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:47 pm
by Pjotr
Terrible news.
May you rest in peace, Ian.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:56 pm
by xenopeek
To those that don't know what role Ian played in the early days of Linux and open source I suggest to read this part of the Debian project history:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/proj ... ro.en.html.
What one man can set in motion...
Re: R.I.P. Ian MUrdoch
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:16 pm
by Crewp
The Linux world has lost one of the great's R.I.P. Ian
Re: R.I.P. Ian MUrdoch
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:08 pm
by InkKnife
Ian deserves a place in the tech Pantheon right along side Jobs, Gates and Torvalds. His contribution to tech can simply not be overstated and to see his bright light snuffed out so young is a tragedy.
What a legacy he has left us with.
Goodbye Ian, thanks for the code!
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 5:58 am
by curtvaughan
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 7:08 am
by Drygar
This is very sad news for the whole computing and Linux community.
R I P , Ian !
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 8:41 am
by mzsade
My heartfelt condolences to the community, i share your grief.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:46 pm
by lexon
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:04 pm
by Flemur
He's right about the police, unfortunately.
R.I.P.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:51 pm
by H.Remedy
I only wish he could have seen this outpouring of sympathy. It's unfortunate that these feelings are only expressed once a person is gone. From everything I have read, Ian was a stand-up guy with a lot of important accomplishments.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 6:31 pm
by jimallyn
Sir Isaac Newton said that if he saw further than others, it was from standing on the shoulders of giants. Ian Murdock was one of those giants upon whose shoulders we in the Linux/Open Source software community stand.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 10:48 pm
by Spearmint2
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 9:13 am
by Chiefahol
Terrible and saddening to think he might have killed himself.
I would encourage anyone in that situation to try and live on despite harsh and seemingly unbeatable externalities.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:39 am
by killer de bug
This is for sure a very sad news for the community. RIP Ian.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:07 pm
by fraxinus_63
Truly shocking and sad. I know he had been away from "his" Debian project for many years now, but it was unquestionably HIS vision that made Debian what it was - and what it is, for all of us who love distributions ultimately based on Debian such as this one.
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 1:12 pm
by xenopeek
Debian posted a longer tribute to their founder:
https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160105
Re: Debian founder Ian Murdock passed away
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:22 pm
by The Dark Side
Extremely bad news !! Very sad news for all the Linux community. R. I. P. Ian Murdock.-