Martin was an inspiring group leader even after his retirement... he was always so upbeat and optimistic. I'll also remember him for his flowery and poetic use

Martin was an inspiring group leader even after his retirement... he was always so upbeat and optimistic. I'll also remember him for his flowery and poetic use of metaphors and parables in papers and titles. Anyway... * The piece-de-resistance: https://www.monetdb.org/ https://www.monetdb.org/ * MonetDB Solutions: https://www.monetdbsolutions.com/ https://www.monetdbsolutions.com/ is the commercial spin-off of MonetDB. Martin chaired the company hands-on after retiring, almost to his last day. They do integration, training, deployment, professional support... interestingly, it is fully FOSS, and commercial clients who ask for features get those features implemented as FOSS.