On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 11:11 PM Stefano Babic <sba...@denx.de> wrote: > > 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. >
Really sorry to hear this news. I had some private conversations with Wolfgang in the past, and he was a brilliant mentor to anyone who wanted to write beautiful software for embedded systems. We will miss you, Wolfgang. R.I.P. Regards, Bin
