Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:48:10 +0100 From: Domagoj =?UTF-8?Q?Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87?= <rank1seeker@gmail.com> To: jrm@FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD Core Team Secretary <core-secretary@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bruce D Evans Message-ID: <20200116024810.00003826@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86imlrnnii.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> References: <86imlrnnii.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:24:05 -0400 FreeBSD Core Team Secretary <core-secretary@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, >=20 > Julie Saravanos, Bruce's sister, recently shared some sad news. >=20 > -------------------- Start of forwarded message -------------------- > Subject: Bruce D Evans > Cc: core-secretary@FreeBSD.org > From: Julie Saravanos <***@***> > Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:36:54 +1100 > To: jrm@FreeBSD.org >=20 > Hello Joseph, >=20 > I would like to share some sad news with the FreeBSD community, my > brilliant but humble brother, Dr Bruce David Evans of Sydney > Australia, passed away last week on the 18th December 2019 aged 68 > years. >=20 > From what I understand Bruce made important contributions to the > computing world; he was the author of Minix 386 patches and served on > the FreeBSD core team from its inception, continuing to contribute to > the project for the duration of his life. He studied at Macquarie > University in Sydney and at The University of Pennsylvania. >=20 > Bruce did not marry or have children instead pursuing his interests > and dedicating his life to the computing world. He also had a passion > for online bridge, science fiction, maths and physics. His philosophy > in life and work was to keep things as simple as possible. His death > was sudden, therefore, he leaves behind a mess of books and computers > which may contain items of interest. >=20 > I would be grateful if you could share the news of Bruce=E2=80=99s passing > with the FreeBSD community and would be more than happy to be > contacted by anyone who had an interest or connection with him. >=20 > Yours Truly, > Julie Saravanos >=20 > -------------------- End of forwarded message -------------------- >=20 > If you would like to send condolences directly to Julie, please > contact me off list and I will share her email or mailing address. >=20 So ..., Joseph, Regarding "... mess of books and computers which may contain items of inter= est." You've already did all what it takes to get into posessions of those by now? Computers and storage devices are of the utmost priority! It MUST fall in hands of FreeBSD Core ... Julie Saravanos stated she would be more than happy to ... PS: Learn from the past ... ;) Domagoj Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20200116024810.00003826>