Mike, Thank you for sharing this sad news. I'm surprised and will miss him. My condolences and prayers go to his family and friends.
Jay On Wed, Nov 4, 2020, 12:19 PM Mike Milinkovich < mike.milinkov...@eclipse-foundation.org> wrote: > 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) > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev >
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