Obituary: Anthony Rumble - Linux pioneer and enthusiast
Blog Anthony Rumble, one of Australia's long-time supporters of Linux and free software, died on the weekend. The announcement, made on the Sydney Linux Users Group mailing list, indicated that the death was sudden, caused by a regular household accident.
[May 12, 2009, 9:27]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A quiet night in, as I've been asked to write the obituary of Claude Shannon, who died last week aged 84. Thursday Virtually unknown outside telecommunications and mathematical circles, he was a mathematician who single-handedly invented...
[March 9, 2001, 15:45]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Another obituary, I'm afraid. Friday 28/07/2006 Walking towards the bus stop last night after a pleasant evening sweltering in Soho, I make a detour with half a hope of grabbing a last pint in noted Hanway Place drinking hole, Troy's.
[July 28, 2006, 18:50]
Almost forgot about them...
Talkback This reminds me of reading an obituary for some 40's era actor. I thought Borland was already gone. I did enjoy Borland giving the big guys a run for their money.
[May 7, 2009, 12:52]
RIP Steve Jobs
Blog Well no actually but some goon at Bloomberg mistakenly posted his obituary and whoa.even the share price fluttered. Flattering to know he had a 17 page life summary already in the works at the agency, and since he had a cancer scare a year or so...
[September 1, 2008, 8:03]
Gateway plans a new direction
News While some industry watchers are ready to write Gateway's obituary, founder Ted Waitt hopes to write a bright, new chapter in the folksy PC maker's history. Under Waitt's vision, Gateway will be more than just a PC maker: it will serve as the IT...
[August 10, 2001, 9:59]
Radioactive laptops? Perhaps not...
Blog Comment Check out the pictures above the obituary of the scientist. Hmmmm. Looks like a Yank already has a few patents in the battery technology.http://www.rexresearch.com/nucell/nucell.htm#obit And also one on how to turn the UK's mountain of Plutonium...
[October 3, 2007, 5:10]
BT: SurfTime "could die a death"
News This coupled with the fact SurfTime must compete with deals like ntl's free unlimited surfing offer has led experts to write the service's obituary. As SurfTime launches Thursday, BT (quote: BT) admits its flagship unmetered service could "die a...
[June 1, 2000, 7:47]
Wednesday
Blog Today, I get asked to write a quick obituary for the chap, and I look up deadly embrace to make sure I've got my facts right. Wednesday 7/08/2002 Dijkstra, father of structured programming, is dead. A sad day.
[August 9, 2002, 18:19]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog An anecdote will serve in lieu of an obituary. Friday 13/02/2004 I'm off tomorrow to sunny California, for the Intel Developer Forum Extravaganza. Lots more gadgets to keep me company this time, so watch the site for the odd review between reports...
[February 13, 2004, 16:50]
The Day Ahead: Many more Value Americas to come
News But instead of focusing on the usual dot-com obituary, the final demise of Value America should be viewed as a positive in the big picture. For the last year, Value America has been ahead of its time for all the wrong reasons.
[August 15, 2000, 11:57]
Email lists struggle under spam avalanche
News It's far too early to write an obituary for email lists. For close to half a decade, entertainment executives and copyright-averse college students have debated the future of technology side by side on the "Pho" email list.
[April 14, 2004, 14:20]
The Day Ahead: Safeguard exits B2B investing, should you?
News Maybe Safeguard should have simply penned a B2B obituary. Toss "B2B" into the old buzzword bin. Internet incubator Safeguard Scientifics, which helped create the business-to-business e-commerce stock craze, is taking its cash and going elsewhere.
[April 11, 2000, 12:41]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog He subsequently created the pocket calculator and the thermal printer technology that even today presents us with that unwelcome bill at the end of an otherwise agreeable evening (gee, thanks Jack), but he exhibited none of the eccentricity or off...
[July 1, 2005, 19:15]
