oh wow. I remember Dave from 10 years ago. Knowing people like him on the other side of the world doing stuff like us made everything feel closer. I think we need more of that right now.
cheers Dave. jamie On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 at 08:57, Brian E Carpenter via NZNOG < [email protected]> wrote: > I think some people here will remember Dave. He was a powerhouse. > > Brian > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [ih] In loving memory of (Mr. Bufferbloat) Dave Täht <3 > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 10:47:51 -0700 > From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow via Internet-history < > [email protected]> > Reply-To: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <[email protected]> > To: Internet-history <[email protected]> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Frantisek Borsik <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM > Subject: 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] > > > -- > [email protected] > living as The Truth is True > -- > Internet-history mailing list > [email protected] > https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
