Re: [Bloat] [Make-wifi-fast] [Cake] In loving memory of Dave Täht <3

[Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>]

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We have joined Jonathan at FLOSS Weekly Podcast yesterday to talk about
Dave's life, work and more:

https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/floss-weekly-episode-829-this-machine-kills-vogons/

Enjoy!

All the best,

Frank

Frantisek (Frank) Borsik


*In loving memory of Dave Täht: *1965-2025

https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-loving-memory-of-dave/


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On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Definitely :-)
>
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 at 15:12, Vint Cerf <vint@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > He would be a good candidate for the Postel Award, don't you think?
> > v
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM Loganaden Velvindron <
> loganaden@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > 2) I was thinking about how we could get Dave recognized for his
> contributions. Like other unsung heroes, Dave didn't work for BBN or some
> other moneyed entity who would commission a book or a memorial. (BBN paid
> Katie Hafner to write the text that later turned into her book "When
> Wizards Stay Up Late", which oddly only talked about the ARPANET/Internet
> pioneers who worked for BBN, omitting many of my Internet colleagues.)
> Dave wasn't the kind of guy that gets Awards from the Computer History
> Museum or the ACM or IEEE. He wasn't beloved at IETF or ISOC that I know
> of. He's in the category of folks like Noel Chiappa or Bram Cohen or
> Richard Stallman or Aaron Swartz - people I think really changed the way we
> think about computing and internetworking, but who won't be in the official
> histories.
> >>
> >> He did not fit in a typical corporate culture especially in his later
> >> years. He got a certain amount of respect at the
> >> IETF.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to:
> > Vint Cerf
> > Google, LLC
> > 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor
> > Reston, VA 20190
> > +1 (571) 213 1346
> >
> >
> > until further notice
> >
> >
> >
>

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