Re: a sad day for microkernel research (Jochen Liedtke)

[Neal H Walfield]

> To those it may concern, I've just found out that Jochen Liedtke died
> yesterday.  He was the architect of L4 and author of important papers on
> microkernels.  I only met him once briefly at a conference, but he was a
> fine asset to the brotherhood of operating systems research.

I too met him and his students last year at USENIX.  He was full of
energy and enthusiasm, and was quite inspirational.  We exchanged a few
ideas about the Hurd and L4 and promised to speak in the future.

May his ideas live on to inspire us.  And additionally, may he, one day,
be a giant on whose shoulders I stand.

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