Very sad. I remember how he would always be very helpful and extremely knowledgeable, but didn't suffer fools gladly, back in the late 90's and early 00's. I would see his name on the email and knew I would learn something and possibly also be entertained at the same time. :)
Taken too soon. Again, very sad. Salman On Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 10:56 Ruben Safir <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/21/22 10:34, Christian Brabandt wrote: > > > > On Mo, 21 Feb 2022, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > >> > >> Forwarding this text from Antonio Colombo: > > I am very very sorry to hear this news and my condolences to you and his > family. > > > >> > >> ================== > >> > >> Our friend Sven Guckes died in Berlin on February 20, 2022. > >> He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2021. > >> He went to a hospital, but surgeons could not do much for him. > >> At the end of January he was moved to a Hospice. > >> A group of friends has been with him as much as possible during all his > >> sickness. > >> He died while Pugs, one of his friends, was with him. > >> They had just finished a chat, and Sven was smiling, but then he quieted > >> down and in a few moments he did not breathe any more. > >> > >> Sven (when he was still a student at the Free University of Berlin) was > very > >> active in the Vim development team in the Nineties. He was the one who > set > >> up the vim.org domain. Later on he had the idea of "What is Vim?", an > >> explanation of Vim in six kilobytes, and helped with some versions of > >> Vimtutor. > >> > >> Sven worked (and gave talks) also on a lot of other free software > projects, > >> let us remember here just "plain" vi and mutt, but there are several > >> others. He had friends all over the world, and helped them, for software > >> problems and for real life problems in any way he could. > >> > >> Let us recall here just one of his "pet projects", the mythical > >> "alternate.fan.warlord" FAQ, in which appears one of his signatures, > >> in newsgroup alt.fan.warlord. > >> > >> Vale, Sven! > >> > >> ================== > >> > >> > >> I met Sven only a couple of times. What I remember most is his never > >> ending enthusiasm. He was a good person. > >> > >> I would like to dedicate the upcoming Vim 9.0 release to Sven in his > >> memory. > >> > >> Article in German: https://linuxnews.de/2022/02/sven-guckes-verstorben/ > >> Hacker news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30410077 > > > > Oh no, very sad news :( > > > > I have never met him in person, but I remember his presence on various > > software projects and I was enjoyed reading his messages and learned > > very much from him. > > > > I have been through this last year with a very close relative, so I know > > the feelings and therefore wish the best for his family and friends in > > this dark times. > > > > What a sad day. > > > > Best, > > Christian > > > -- > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological > proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 > http://www.mrbrklyn.com > > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive > http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! > http://www.brooklyn-living.com > > Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, > but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/259e0eaa-7f3e-fa9f-696b-29e5312d9c18%40my.liu.edu > . > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CANuxnEcDYz2%3Dxb3sMRthD_6OeV8Nq2z%3DjPQV00DxFO21We3FLA%40mail.gmail.com.
