Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Scott Schwartz]

So sorry to hear!  Condolences to his family.


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RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Williams , Mitch via 9fans]

I had the privilege of interacting with Jim on many occasions in the company of 
Ron Minnich while work was done to port Plan 9 to some of our minicluster 
machines which came into existence during the years 2001-2013. Jim was a funny 
guy, and I always knew I was in the company of Great Minds on those trips. God 
Bless & rest in peace.
-Mitch Williams

From: Skip Tavakkolian [skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com]
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I feel privileged to have met Jim and to have learned from him in person and 
from the work he left us. His passing is a great loss to 9fans and all those 
who had the chance to meet him. My deepest condolences to his family and 
friends.

The first time I met Jim was at a (mostly) 9fans event one evening during 
Supercomputing in 2005. The second time was enroute to Madrid for IWP9 2006.  
On that occasion, out of nervousness and fandom and to the point of annoyance, 
I talked and asked him questions incessantly. He was very patient with me. I 
had hoped that we might convince him to attend the next IWP9.  He will be 
missed.

I've attached a picture from the SC|05 meetup at Pike Place Brewery. I believe 
Audrey (nee Andrey :) ) took the picture.

-Skip

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Dave Lukes via 9fans]

Damn. Condolences to his nearest & dearest.

My favourite jmk-ism was when he described C++ as "the flavour of the 
weak" within a certain organisation.


Another random memory:
he re-used the V6 kernel initialisation code as clist blocks for the tty 
driver to eke out the limited kernel address space on non-sep-I PDP-11s.

You are not expected to understand this.

Dave



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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Brian L. Stuart]

 I never got to know Jim, but I always respected his
contributions. He will be sorely missed.

RIP


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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[David du Colombier]

That's a very sad news indeed. Jim was a very kind guy.
He did a lot of work on Plan 9.

-- 
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Rodolfo García Peñas]

Condolences to his family and friends.

Rest in Peace Jim.

Rodolfo.

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[enrique . soriano]

I'm so sorry to hear this sad news. My heartfelt condolences to his friends and 
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Richard Miller]

Ouch. It was a great loss to 9fans when Jim decided to stop posting.
In the most heated discussion, he would bring us back to earth with
common sense, kindness and just the right touch of wry humour.

Now an even greater loss that there won't be another chance to have
a beer with him at IWP9.

> From: charles.fors...@gmail.com
> Date: Thu Jun 25 01:37:15 BST 2020
> To: 9fans@9fans.net
> Subject: [9fans] Jim McKie
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> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave via 9fans]

Very sad news. Rest in Peace Jim. Condolences to his family and friends. :(
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Don A. Bailey]

So sorry to learn this. My favorite memory of jmk, though I never knew him 
personally, was from 2003, when I was still learning how to engineer and hack 
operating system kernels. He and I exchanged emails regarding the best way to 
audit a kernel’s networking stack, as I had found some bugs in the Plan 9 
TCP/IP stack that were remotely exploitable. His point was that I was way over 
thinking how to implement a working product, and I should focus more on being a 
*good engineer* rather than being a *perfect engineer*, and not worry so much 
about how perfect every line I wrote was. I’ll never forget how much that blew 
my mind at the time, an idea so simple, that even in a place as “elite” (to me) 
as Bell Labs, perfect was the enemy of good, even if innovation was the goal. A 
lesson I have carried with me from that day, which may have contributed greatly 
to the success I’ve had since then. 

Rest in peace, my friend. 

Don A. Bailey
Lab Mouse Security
https://labmou.se/
@InfoSecMouse

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Gorka Guardiola]

Very sad news. He will be sorely missed.

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Dan Cross]

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear this. How awful! I always thought jmk was a
really friendly and approachable scientist and I enjoyed interacting with
him.

- Dan C.


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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Coss, Mike (Nokia - US/Murray Hill)]

Sad news. Condolences to the family.  He will be missed.

---Michael J Coss

From: Christopher Nielsen 
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

Sad news. Thank you for letting us know. I never had the pleasure of
meeting him in person, but I had a lot of respect for his knowledge
and programming.

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[andrey mirtchovski]

Condolences to his family! We exchanged emails (just checking on each
other in these strange times) just a week prior. Must've been very
sudden.

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Christopher Nielsen]

Sad news. Thank you for letting us know. I never had the pleasure of
meeting him in person, but I had a lot of respect for his knowledge
and programming.

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Paul Lalonde]

That's sad news indeed.  I haven't seen him in ten years, but always
enjoyed his wry humor. He always made me feel welcome on the community.

Paul

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Federico Benavento]

Rest in peace, Jim, my condolences to his family and friends.

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