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Ian Murdock dead.

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#22 Post by rudra »

My first computer OS (after DOS in departmental machine) was Debian Sarge).
My Condolence.

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#23 Post by Hralgmir »

Ian Murdock was a great and inspirational man, and his departure is a sad loss.

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#24 Post by rayos »

Rest in peace, Ian.

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#25 Post by makh »

Loss of good, talented and result-producing people is really hurting.
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#26 Post by MoaTib »

apt-get install braindump -t unstable

Stupid changes are not synonymous of useful progress.

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#27 Post by alderaan »

Thanks for the link...

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#28 Post by Rildebai »

Such a sad loss. RIP.

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Ian Murdock: "Rather than being developed by one isolated individual or group, as other distributions of Linux have been developed in the past, Debian is being developed openly in the spirit of Linux and GNU." – The Debian Manifesto (1994)
Write programs that do one thing and do it well. ~ Doug Mcllroy on the UNIX Philosophy

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#29 Post by Rildebai »

Dedicated to Ian Murdock
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Ian Murdock, the founder of the Debian project, passed away on 28th December
2015 at his home in San Francisco. He was 42.

It is difficult to exaggerate Ian's contribution to Free Software. He led the
Debian Project from its inception in 1993 to 1996, wrote the Debian manifesto
in January 1994 and nurtured the fledgling project throughout his studies at
Purdue University.

Ian went on to be founding director of Linux International, CTO of the Free
Standards Group and later the Linux Foundation, and leader of Project Indiana
at Sun Microsystems, which he described as "taking the lesson that Linux has
brought to the operating system and providing that for Solaris".

Debian's success is testament to Ian's vision. He inspired countless people
around the world to contribute their own free time and skills. More than 350
distributions are known to be derived from Debian.

We therefore dedicate Debian 9 "stretch" to Ian.

-- The Debian Developers
Write programs that do one thing and do it well. ~ Doug Mcllroy on the UNIX Philosophy

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#30 Post by makh »

Rildebai wrote:Dedicated to Ian Murdock
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Ian Murdock, the founder of the Debian project, passed away on 28th December
2015 at his home in San Francisco. He was 42.

It is difficult to exaggerate Ian's contribution to Free Software. He led the
Debian Project from its inception in 1993 to 1996, wrote the Debian manifesto
in January 1994 and nurtured the fledgling project throughout his studies at
Purdue University.

Ian went on to be founding director of Linux International, CTO of the Free
Standards Group and later the Linux Foundation, and leader of Project Indiana
at Sun Microsystems, which he described as "taking the lesson that Linux has
brought to the operating system and providing that for Solaris".

Debian's success is testament to Ian's vision. He inspired countless people
around the world to contribute their own free time and skills. More than 350
distributions are known to be derived from Debian.

We therefore dedicate Debian 9 "stretch" to Ian.

-- The Debian Developers
Good people die at some time ... but their exemplary work remains alive for others.
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#31 Post by None1975 »

Rest in Piece, Ian.
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#32 Post by Rildebai »

makh wrote: Good people die at some time ... but their exemplary work remains alive for others.
Exactly.
Write programs that do one thing and do it well. ~ Doug Mcllroy on the UNIX Philosophy

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#33 Post by Lysander »

Adding my voice to this thread.

RIP Ian. Thank you.

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#34 Post by llivv »

Not my words
https://perens.com/2015/12/31/ian-murdock-dead/

rip Ian

another personal loss
gotta love the way things are shaping up
In memory of Ian Ashley Murdock (1973 - 2015) founder of the Debian project.

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