All,
It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that our friend and
colleague Dani Megert passed away last Friday evening. Dani's death was
not related to COVID-19.
Dani had been involved with the Eclipse community before it was even
called Eclipse. He was one of the original Object Technology
International team that created what became known as the Eclipse IDE.
After OTI became part of IBM he stayed with the project with
ever-increasing responsibilities: leader of JDT and Platform Text
projects, Eclipse Platform Lead, Eclipse PMC member, and JDT project
leader. More recently he stepped up his involvement with the Eclipse
Foundation's governance and has been an elected member of the Board
since 2016, representing our committers. Dani was a tireless advocate
for our projects and committers in our Board discussions. Within IBM he
was a leader, a manager, but most importantly a mentor, to the Eclipse
IDE development team.
In recognition of Dani's commitment to the Eclipse community, he was
awarded the Eclipse Lifetime Award in 2016.
It is impossible to over-state the contributions that Dani made to the
Eclipse IDE platform and its community. Millions of developers around
the world have benefited from his work. He will be deeply missed by all
who knew him.
--
*Mike Milinkovich*
*Executive Director | **Eclipse Foundation, Inc.*
mike.milinkov...@eclipse-foundation.org
@mmilinkov
+1.613.220.3223 (m)
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