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July 10, 2002

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

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Posted by Ryan on July 10, 2002 11:19 AM:

Here's the CNET News article on his death, and a piece from the San Jose Mercury News.

Oddly enough, he wrote this article for CNET just days before his suicide. The title? "Writing file sharing's final chapter".

 
Posted by Ryan on July 10, 2002 10:31 PM:

Perhaps it's not a good time for geeks overall. Wired News has also reported the suicide of Mac evangelist Rodney Lain.

"It was like preaching. He was preaching the Mac gospel. He was showing them the light, which is something people don't get when they go into CompUSA. It was really quite something. When I saw that, I said we really have to hire this guy."
Corey Johnson, Power On Software

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