Topic: Ian Murdock is no longer with us.
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Thu 12/31/15 10:08 AM

Ian Murdock, known for creating the Debian Linus OS, one of Linux’s most popular open-source operating systems, passed away at the age of 42.

As per a blog post he “helped pioneer the notion of a truly open project and community, embracing open design and open contribution; in fact the formative document of the open source movement itself (the Open Source Definition) was originally a Debian position statement.
source Indian Express

Great guy, seems he was quite depressed - hounded by police, as per his tweets. Reason for death - not given.

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Sun 01/03/16 01:09 AM
Edited by SassyEuro2 on Sun 01/03/16 01:15 AM


Ian Murdock, known for creating the Debian Linus OS, one of Linux’s most popular open-source operating systems, passed away at the age of 42.

As per a blog post he “helped pioneer the notion of a truly open project and community, embracing open design and open contribution; in fact the formative document of the open source movement itself (the Open Source Definition) was originally a Debian position statement.
source Indian Express

Great guy, seems he was quite depressed - hounded by police, as per his tweets. Reason for death - not given.


Hi JaiGi , waving
Been on holiday.
Glad you posted on this.
This is a disturbing & intriguing case.
(I just started doing the back ... tracking on this.)
SUSPICIOUS as hell spock
Do you need links or links & articles?



Police confirm Ian Murdock arrest before threatened suicide | SFBay :: San Francisco Bay Area News and Sports http://sfbay.ca/2015/12/31/police-confirm-ian-murdock-arrest-before-threatened-suicide/

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Sun 01/03/16 08:21 AM
thanks for the link.

Just unbelievable.