[LibreQoS] [Starlink] [Bloat] In loving memory of Dave Täht <3

Wed Apr 2 00:19:38 EDT 2025

So sad to hear that Dave passed away.

I worked with him briefly when he was consulting with us, and he was a
tremendous help when I was setting up the IAB workshop on network quality.

Dave managed to be kind and stubborn at the same time. Like many people, I
learned a lot, and yet not enough from him.

Omer.

P.S. I still hope to wake up tomorrow and to learn that this was an April
Fools joke.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM Spencer Sevilla via Starlink <
starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> 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 at 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 at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> Reply-To: Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik at gmail.com>
> To: libreqos <libreqos at lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>    bloat <bloat at lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>    Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>    Jeremy Austin via Rpm <rpm at lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>    bloat-ietf at lists.bufferbloat.net, Cake List <cake at lists.bufferbloat.net
> >,
>    codel at lists.bufferbloat.net, cerowrt-commits at lists.bufferbloat.net,
>    cerowrt-devel at lists.bufferbloat.net,
> cerowrt-users at lists.bufferbloat.net,
>    codel-wireless at lists.bufferbloat.net,
>    Make-Wifi-fast <make-wifi-fast at lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>    Network Neutrality is back! Let´s make the technical aspects heard this
>    time! <nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> Cc: Herbert Wolverson <hwolverson at libreqos.io>,
>    "Frantisek (Frank) Borsik" <frank at libreqos.io>,
>    Robert Chacón <robert at 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
>
> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik
>
>
>
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>
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-- 
Sincerely Yours,
 Omer Shapira
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