knew dave's work and interacted with him on starlink (he helped us map the starlink backbone from the lax pop and planned to donate his dish to a ucsb student project too). rip, dave! -- J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), [email protected], Web.UVic.CA/~pan
On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM Omer Shapira via Starlink <[email protected]> wrote: > > So sad to hear that Dave passed away. > > I worked with him briefly when he was consulting with us, and he was a > tremendous help when I was setting up the IAB workshop on network quality. > > Dave managed to be kind and stubborn at the same time. Like many people, I > learned a lot, and yet not enough from him. > > Omer. > > P.S. I still hope to wake up tomorrow and to learn that this was an April > Fools joke. > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM Spencer Sevilla via Starlink > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I didn’t get a chance to know Dave personally, but sincerely appreciated his >> insight and technical efforts, as well as the way he just seemed to put out >> joy in so many forms. I have said multiple times that these listservs have >> some of the highest quality networking discussion out there, and I think >> this is in no small part a testament to Dave’s ability to bring people >> together and get them talking. >> >> I would certainly be willing to help support or volunteer effort to keep >> these listservs running. >> >> On Apr 1, 2025, at 18:21, David Lang via Starlink >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> He will be missed. >> >> As a practical question, what is going to happen to all of these lists, etc >> that he has been hosting? >> >> David Lang >> >> On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Frantisek Borsik via Bloat wrote: >> >> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 19:27:36 +0200 >> From: Frantisek Borsik via Bloat <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Frantisek Borsik <[email protected]> >> To: libreqos <[email protected]>, >> bloat <[email protected]>, >> Dave Taht via Starlink <[email protected]>, >> Jeremy Austin via Rpm <[email protected]>, >> [email protected], Cake List <[email protected]>, >> [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected], >> Make-Wifi-fast <[email protected]>, >> Network Neutrality is back! Let´s make the technical aspects heard this >> time! <[email protected]> >> Cc: Herbert Wolverson <[email protected]>, >> "Frantisek (Frank) Borsik" <[email protected]>, >> Robert Chacón <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Bloat] In loving memory of Dave Täht <3 >> Hello to all, >> >> We’re devastated to announce that Dave Täht has passed away. >> <https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-loving-memory-of-dave/> >> >> Dave was an amazing man, helping the world with FQ-CoDel and CAKE, fighting >> bufferbloat and trying to make the world a better place. Always willing to >> help, and without him – LibreQoS (and the other QoE solutions out there) >> wouldn’t exist. >> >> Dave was an inspiration, and we all miss him. We’re reaching out to family >> and close friends to see if there’s anything we can do to help. >> >> Dave was an inspiration to us. Dave’s contributions to Linux, FQ-CoDel, and >> CAKE improved internet connectivity around the world for millions of >> people. Because of him, millions of people now have access to reliable >> video calls – and in turn, access to loved ones, healthcare, and community. >> One of Robert’s ISP customers is a kind paraplegic woman who lives in a >> far-flung rural Colonia around El Paso, Texas. Her reliable access to her >> doctors through telemedicine, and to her family through FaceTime, was only >> made possible because of his algorithms. There are millions of cases like >> hers, where Dave’s contributions have silently enabled human connection and >> safety. Everything Dave contributed to the world of technology was free and >> open source, for the betterment of humanity. >> >> Dave is the reason that Starlink was able to tackle its latency issues – >> enabling a generation of young entrepreneurs across the developing world, >> such as these young folks pictured in the Phillipines, to start their own >> ISPs to expand internet access to their communities. Dave started work on >> FQ-CoDel in part because of his own journey working to expand internet >> access in Nicaragua, so we know he saw that his work had come full-circle >> and helped so many. >> >> We’re incredibly grateful to have Dave as our friend, mentor, and as >> someone who continuously inspired us – showing us that we could do better >> for each other in the world, and leverage technology to make that happen. >> He will be dearly missed. >> >> *PS: *Dave is forever in our hearts and souls, in our routers and...in >> production! >> >> *https://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684 >> <https://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684>* >> >> All the best, >> >> Frank >> >> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik >> >> >> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik >> >> Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 >> >> iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 >> >> Skype: casioa5302ca >> >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bloat mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > > > > -- > Sincerely Yours, > Omer Shapira > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
