Ian Murdock

Ian Murdock
Murdock, in interview, April 2008
Born(1973-04-28)28 April 1973
Konstanz, West Germany
Died28 December 2015(2015-12-28) (aged 42)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma materPurdue University
OccupationProgrammer
EmployerDocker
Known forDebian GNU/Linux

Ian Murdock (28 April 1973 – 28 December 2015) was a German-born American software engineer. He was known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.[1] He was born in Konstanz, Germany.

Murdock died on 28 December 2015 from unknown causes in San Francisco, California at the age of 42.[2][3] Details surrounding his death have not been released. The last tweets at his Twitter account described violent encounters with police.[4] It was reported that he declared an intention to commit suicide over Twitter, but there is as of now no public record of such a tweet.[5] It was reported that police officer found Murdock drunk and that he did not appear suicidal.

References

  1. ↑ "About me « Ian Murdock's Weblog". 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Golub, Ben (30 December 2015). "In Memoriam: Ian Murdock". Docker Blog. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Guerrero Lopez, Ana; Norwood, Donald; Tagliamonte, Paul (30 December 2015). "Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock". Bits from Debian. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ian Murdock". Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Biggs, John (30 December 2015). "Debian Creator Ian Murdock Dead At 42". Tech Crunch.

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