Posted by
Hemos
on from the memorializing-the-great-ones dept.
disappear writes "A nice (albeit primarily nontechnical) article about the late, great Rich Stevens is in Salon today. A gentle, sweet look at the author of TCP/IP Illustratedamong other books."
It disappeared for a while after his death, but Gary Wright, co-author from TCP/IP Vol II, put Steven's old home page back up. It's a treasure chest of cool info. The FAQ is good reading if you've read any of his books.
Gary still keeps the Stevens spirit alive too
P.S. The site is still running on a BSDI machine and I used vi to update the pages.:-)
Rich Stevens is Part of Slashdot's Sordid Past
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tealover
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Do you remember when he passed and there was this guy making nasty comments about him, basically saying that he was happy that he had died? There were so many outraged people that day. I remember reading a response from Tom Christiansen, who knew Rich very well, who basically wrote a moving comment and stated that he was ashamed about what he was reading.
It was interesting to watch the responses from the multitudes of people who, although they didn't know Rich personally, respected his talents and book writing skills. I myself have learned quite a bit about Unix and Networking from Rich and feel ever indebted.
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You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
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It disappeared for a while after his death, but Gary Wright, co-author from TCP/IP Vol II, put Steven's old home page back up. It's a treasure chest of cool info. The FAQ is good reading if you've read any of his books.
Gary still keeps the Stevens spirit alive too
Do you remember when he passed and there was this guy making nasty comments about him, basically saying that he was happy that he had died? There were so many outraged people that day. I remember reading a response from Tom Christiansen, who knew Rich very well, who basically wrote a moving comment and stated that he was ashamed about what he was reading.
It was interesting to watch the responses from the multitudes of people who, although they didn't know Rich personally, respected his talents and book writing skills. I myself have learned quite a bit about Unix and Networking from Rich and feel ever indebted.
-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to