Sad to hear it. Rest in peace Wolfgang Denk.
-- Best regards, Oleh Kravchenko > 21 жовт. 2022 р. о 18:11 Stefano Babic <sba...@denx.de> пише: > > Dear U-Boot community, > > it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of > U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good > friend. > > I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same > company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) > RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : > "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good > suggestion he gave me. Many others followed. > > Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when > Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had > strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, > and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his > principles. We will miss him. > > Rest in peace, my friend > > Stefano Babic > > -- > ===================================================================== > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, 82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: +49-8142-66989-53 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: sba...@denx.de > =====================================================================
