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RIP: Leonard Zubkoff
UnidentifiedCoward writes "LWN.net has a link to a blurb at KTVA, "Alaska State Troopers have recovered the bodies and released the names of two men killed late last week in a helicopter crash in Southeast. They are 38-year-old David Zampino of Fairbanks and 45-year-old Leonard Zubkoff of Crystal Bay, Nevada." Mr. Zubkoff was a linux kernel developer and the maintainer of BusLogic
and DAC960 projects." Leonard was a hell of a nice guy and will be missed.
You may consider his death a loss, but really what kind of a life could he have if he was a Windows user anyway? Its probably best for everyone involved that he was put out of his misery.
You sanctimoanious arsehole! Not everybody has your pious views on life. As if your opinion on intelligence and life matters a damn.
A death should not be mourned but a life celebrated. Grieving does nobody any good. I've been to puritan funerals and celtish wakes. Guess which I'd rather attend.
Stop thinking you're going to live for ever and start living now. Old bony is going to grab you wether you want him to or not.
Well, it can be pretty fragile when you are flying helicopters in Alaska... but none of use are doing that right now, so we are not nearly so fragile. It is sad that this guy died, but he was participating in risky behavior that caused his life to be unnecessarily fragile, moreso than mine, thats for sure.
A slashdotter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber.
Well done, Mr. Swimfast!
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