Really sad to hear this http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/12/169235633/aaron-swartz-reddit-cofounder-and-online-activist-dead-at-26
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Anand B Pillai <abpil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandol...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm sure most of you might have already heard about it, Aaron Swartz, > > hacker, writer and activist committed suicide on Jan 11, 2013. > > > > http://boingboing.net/2013/01/12/rip-aaron-swartz.html > > > > Aaron was a great Python programmer. He created web.py, a web framework > in > > Python, Infogami a wiki software and many other tools. He co-authored RSS > > 1.0 specifications when he as 13 and worked with John Gruber in creating > > Markdown. > > > > The PyCon India 2011 website is still running on Infogami. > > > > He is not just a programmer, a great activist too. He is the founder od > > demand progress, an organization that played crucial role in stoping the > > SOPA Act. > > > > Just not to miss among a list of wonderful things, he was > the co-founder of Reddit. > > > > > > > Aaron's death is a great loss to the whole world. > > > > It is a shocker. Was about to wind up a long day when I read this. > I hope we get the truth behind his prosecution. > > > > > > May his soul rest in peace. > > > > Anand > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > --Anand > > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
