> On Dec 3, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Mark Botner <mbot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Osiris, > > I first learned of ZeroMQ/Pieter when I listened to him on Floss Weekly in > 2011. I had been working with CORBA based systems for several years at that > point on knew there must be a better way - I just didn't know that way was > with ZeroMQ! > I then used ZeroMQ for several projects, and sent Pieter a note at one point > thanking him for what he had done and he kindly replied. He even offered to > buy me a beer if we were ever able to meet in person. Unfortunately, I never > met him in person, but clearly, he was a visionary with the gift of seeing > the future in messaging. > Once again, I'm using ZeroMQ at my new job/company and often put in the > comments "RIP Pieter Hintjens". Maybe someone who reads the comments later > on will bother to figure out who he was. > > Thanks, > > Mark > > On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Osiris Pedroso <opedr...@gmail.com > <mailto:opedr...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Today is Pieter's birthday. > > Thank you Pieter for all your guidance and knowledge over the years. > > I knew you for just a little bit, but you still are a great influence in my > professional life. > > Thanks for your contributions to ZeroMQ and to Open Source communities at > large. >
I just toasted Pieter. He was a great man and father. cr
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