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The hell happened with Murdock after Debian? His trajectory since he stepped down until his death seems quite erratic.
by Maken 3y ago
The hell happened with Murdock after Debian? His trajectory since he stepped down until his death seems quite erratic.
- layer8 3y agoHow so? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Murdock#Life_and_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Murdock#Life_and_career
- aleph_minus_one 3y agoSee the next section: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian_Murdock&oldid=1170695012#Death https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian_Murdock&oldid...
- layer8 3y agoI’m aware of the circumstances of his death. That doesn’t say anything about his trajectory since leaving Debian.
- FuriouslyAdrift 3y agoHe started his own company in Indiana called Progeny (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeny_Linux_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeny_Linux_Systems). My old roomate ended up working there. That's were they tried to get network-of-workstations (NOW) going but it never really took off. That company sort of just ran out of steam (many linux companies did at that time) After that, I heard he was CTO of Sun. At that point his marriage had fallen apart and his drinking had become a problem (I got all this second hand through mutual friends). Everyone was shocked by the suicide and the events leading up. Seemed like he spiraled at the end.