In Memorium Download As Much Stuff From Gnutella Net
If you haven't heard by now, Gnutella key programmer, Gene Kan, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 29. At 25, he was a leader in his field of peer-to-peer technology and a multi-millionaire, having sold his company, Infrasearch, to Sun Microsystems.
A couple of years ago, I briefly corresponded with him when I had questions about a project that I was working on based partially on Gnutella. It's really a shame that things ended this way for him. Kan had everything in the world, and yet, apparently, the one thing he needed most, he didn't have.
Like any tech genius, he kept a blog if you're interested.
In memorial, we should all download something from gnutella net. I think he would like that. :)
Posted by Haken at July 10, 2002 09:53 AM