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Roland Piquepaille Dies

Posted by kdawson on from the in-memoriam dept.

overheardinpdx writes "I'm sad to report that longtime HPC technology pundit Roland Piquepaille (rpiquepa) died this past Tuesday. Many of you may know of him through his blog, his submissions to Slashdot, and his many years of software visualization work at SGI and Cray Research. I worked with Roland 20 years ago at Cray, where we both wrote tech stories for the company newsletter. With his focus on how new technologies modify our way of life, Roland was really doing Slashdot-type reporting before there was a World Wide Web. Rest in peace, Roland. You will be missed." The notice of Roland's passing was posted on the Cray Research alumni group on Linked-In by Matthias Fouquet-Lapar. There will be a ceremony on Monday Jan. 12, at 10:30 am Paris time, at Père Lachaise.

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  1. I will not miss him by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously, I'm not trying to be a troll, but I actively avoided Roland-submitted articles for many many years. They were not worth the effort.
    I'm sad for his passing and feel sorry for his family...but I will NOT miss his Slashdot submissions because that is all I know of him.