Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
Stefano Babic
Sad to hear it.
Rest in peace Wolfgang Denk.
-- Best regards, Oleh Kravchenko
21 жовт. 2022 р. о 18:11 Stefano Babic sbabic@denx.de пише:
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
Stefano Babic
--
DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, 82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-53 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: sbabic@denx.de =====================================================================
Hi all
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 5:11 PM Stefano Babic sbabic@denx.de wrote:
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
I'm really sorry. He was a great guy and will remain for me a great guy. I don't have words to describe the feeling I have at the moment.
Michael
Rest in peace, my friend
Stefano Babic
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 8:41 PM Stefano Babic sbabic@denx.de wrote:
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
So sad, shocking news to me. I met Wolfgang on a few occasions in ELC's, one of the clear and straightforward minds in the open source community.
He will be remembered as long as U-Boot lives.
Jagan.
On 21/10/22 17:11, Stefano Babic wrote:
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
Stefano Babic
I'm very sorry,
rest in peace Wolfgang Denk and thank you for what you have created.
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 11:11 PM Stefano Babic sbabic@denx.de wrote:
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Really sorry to hear this news. I had some private conversations with Wolfgang in the past, and he was a brilliant mentor to anyone who wanted to write beautiful software for embedded systems.
We will miss you, Wolfgang. R.I.P.
Regards, Bin
Hi Stefano,
On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 09:11, Stefano Babic sbabic@denx.de wrote:
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
Stefano Babic
I am very sorry to hear this shocking news. He was indeed a pioneer and the principles he instilled in U-Boot have stood the test of time. Wolfgang guided many of my contributions, particularly when I was starting out, through code reviews which explained those principles and how they applied to the code or feature. There are of course too many to count, but the use of FIT to implement verified boot was one which had a big impact, as well as many admonitions re code size and simplicity!
I met Wolfgang various times, mostly over beer at conferences. I will miss him and I'm sure Denx and U-Boot will not be the same without him.
May he rest in peace.
- Simon
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 05:11:33PM +0200, Stefano Babic wrote:
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
I'm late in replying here, as I too am at a loss for what to say. His impact to the industry was significant, and he will be missed.
-----Original Message----- From: U-Boot [mailto:u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Stefano Babic Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 12:12 AM To: U-Boot@lists.denx.de Subject: Wolfgang Denk
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of U-Boot, passed away last week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the same company. I was hired as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no time to introduce me, because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of course I did. It was the first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time when Linux for Embedded System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong discussions with customers to explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business contracts if customer was going against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
So sad news. Rest in Peace, Wolfgang Denk.
Jaehoon Chung
Stefano Babic
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DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, 82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-53 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: sbabic@denx.de =====================================================================
2022년 10월 27일 (목) 08:32, Jaehoon Chung jh80.chung@samsung.com님이 작성:
-----Original Message----- From: U-Boot [mailto:u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Stefano
Babic
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2022 12:12 AM To: U-Boot@lists.denx.de Subject: Wolfgang Denk
Dear U-Boot community,
it is my very sad duty to inform you that Wolfgang Denk, the father of
U-Boot, passed away last
week. We have lost a great developer and a very good friend.
I met Wolfgang the first time quite 25 years ago, when we worked for the
same company. I was hired
as consultant for a (at the time very frequently used) RTOS. I had no
time to introduce me,
because Wolfgang interrupted me with : "Just install Linux !". Well, of
course I did. It was the
first good suggestion he gave me. Many others followed.
Wolfgang was a pioneer and strong supporter of Open Source, in the time
when Linux for Embedded
System started its first steps. In many occasions he had strong
discussions with customers to
explain the advantages of Open Source, and he rejected business
contracts if customer was going
against his principles. We will miss him.
Rest in peace, my friend
So sad news. Rest in Peace, Wolfgang Denk.
Jaehoon Chung
Stefano Babic
--
DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director
https://www.google.com/maps/search/ing+Director?entry=gmail&source=g: Wolfgang Denk
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, 82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-53 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: sbabic@denx.de =====================================================================
Very sad news..
He will be sadly missed. Rest in peace, Wolfgang Denk.
Minkyu Kang.
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Oleh Kravchenko -
Simon Glass -
Stefano Babic -
Tom Rini