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

[Vint Cerf <vint@google.com>]

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anyone can nominate, anyone can send in supporting letters of
endorsement. Nominations
open in May
<https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/postel-service-award/#:~:text=The%20Jonathan%20B.,service%20to%20the%20Internet%20community.>
.

vint



On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Lovely. So how we can put it in motion? :) Who would be the best person to
> do it?
>
>
> 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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>> > Vint Cerf
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>> >
>> > until further notice
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>

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Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to:
Vint Cerf
Google, LLC
1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor
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until further notice

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