Ian Murdock
Ian Murdock | |
|---|---|
 Murdock, in interview, April 2008 | |
| Born | 28 April 1973 |
| Died | 28 December 2015 (aged 42) |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Occupation | Programmer |
| Employer | Docker |
| Known for | Debian GNU/Linux |
Ian Murdock (28 April 1973 – 28 December 2015) was a German-born American software engineer. He was known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.[1] He was born in Konstanz, Germany.
Murdock died on 28 December 2015 from unknown causes in San Francisco, California at the age of 42.[2][3] Details surrounding his death have not been released. The last tweets at his Twitter account described violent encounters with police.[4] It was reported that he declared an intention to commit suicide over Twitter, but there is as of now no public record of such a tweet.[5] It was reported that police officer found Murdock drunk and that he did not appear suicidal.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "About me « Ian Murdock's Weblog". 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ↑ Golub, Ben (30 December 2015). "In Memoriam: Ian Murdock". Docker Blog. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Guerrero Lopez, Ana; Norwood, Donald; Tagliamonte, Paul (30 December 2015). "Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock". Bits from Debian. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Ian Murdock". Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ↑ Biggs, John (30 December 2015). "Debian Creator Ian Murdock Dead At 42". Tech Crunch.
Other websites
[change | change source]- "Debian", LinuxJournal, 1994.
- "Interview (starts 22:20)" (MP3), tlltsarchive.org, The Linux Link Tech Show, 11 May 2005[permanent dead link]
- "Interview (starts 48:04)" (MP3), jeffratliff.org, The Linux Link Tech Show, 4 July 2006
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