I didn’t get a chance to know Dave personally, but sincerely appreciated his insight and technical efforts, as well as the way he just seemed to put out joy in so many forms. I have said multiple times that these listservs have some of the highest quality networking discussion out there, and I think this is in no small part a testament to Dave’s ability to bring people together and get them talking.

I would certainly be willing to help support or volunteer effort to keep these listservs running.

On Apr 1, 2025, at 18:21, David Lang via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

He will be missed.

As a practical question, what is going to happen to all of these lists, etc that he has been hosting?

David Lang

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Frantisek Borsik via Bloat wrote:

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 19:27:36 +0200
From: Frantisek Borsik via Bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Reply-To: Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>
To: libreqos <libreqos@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
   bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
   Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
   Jeremy Austin via Rpm <rpm@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
   bloat-ietf@lists.bufferbloat.net, Cake List <cake@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
   codel@lists.bufferbloat.net, cerowrt-commits@lists.bufferbloat.net,
   cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net, cerowrt-users@lists.bufferbloat.net,
   codel-wireless@lists.bufferbloat.net,
   Make-Wifi-fast <make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
   Network Neutrality is back! Let´s make the technical aspects heard this
   time! <nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Cc: Herbert Wolverson <hwolverson@libreqos.io>,
   "Frantisek (Frank) Borsik" <frank@libreqos.io>,
   Robert Chacón <robert@libreqos.io>
Subject: [Bloat] In loving memory of Dave Täht <3
Hello to all,

We’re devastated to announce that Dave Täht has passed away.
<https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-loving-memory-of-dave/>

Dave was an amazing man, helping the world with FQ-CoDel and CAKE, fighting
bufferbloat and trying to make the world a better place. Always willing to
help, and without him – LibreQoS (and the other QoE solutions out there)
wouldn’t exist.

Dave was an inspiration, and we all miss him. We’re reaching out to family
and close friends to see if there’s anything we can do to help.

Dave was an inspiration to us. Dave’s contributions to Linux, FQ-CoDel, and
CAKE improved internet connectivity around the world for millions of
people. Because of him, millions of people now have access to reliable
video calls – and in turn, access to loved ones, healthcare, and community.
One of Robert’s ISP customers is a kind paraplegic woman who lives in a
far-flung rural Colonia around El Paso, Texas. Her reliable access to her
doctors through telemedicine, and to her family through FaceTime, was only
made possible because of his algorithms. There are millions of cases like
hers, where Dave’s contributions have silently enabled human connection and
safety. Everything Dave contributed to the world of technology was free and
open source, for the betterment of humanity.

Dave is the reason that Starlink was able to tackle its latency issues –
enabling a generation of young entrepreneurs across the developing world,
such as these young folks pictured in the Phillipines, to start their own
ISPs to expand internet access to their communities. Dave started work on
FQ-CoDel in part because of his own journey working to expand internet
access in Nicaragua, so we know he saw that his work had come full-circle
and helped so many.

We’re incredibly grateful to have Dave as our friend, mentor, and as
someone who continuously inspired us – showing us that we could do better
for each other in the world, and leverage technology to make that happen.
He will be dearly missed.

*PS: *Dave is forever in our hearts and souls, in our routers and...in
production!

*https://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684
<https://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684>*

All the best,

Frank

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