In Memoriam: Ian Murdock

Sad news: Ian Murdockhas passed away. "Ian was perhaps best known professionally asthe founder of the Debian project, which he created while still a studentat Purdue University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in computerscience in 1996. Debian was one of the first Linux distros to be forged,and it is widely regarded as a one of the most successful open-sourceprojects ever launched. Ian helped pioneer the notion of a truly openproject and community, embracing open design and open contribution; in factthe formative document of the open source movement itself (the Open SourceDefinition) was originally a Debian position statement."

See also: the DebianProject's page on Ian's passing.