[COFF] (Off topic) Dave Mills (fwd)

[Tomasz Rola]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 07:48:46AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> Seen on TUHS...
> 
> -- Dave
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:27:41 +1000
> From: George Michaelson <ggm at algebras.org>
> To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <TUHS at tuhs.org>
> Subject: [TUHS] (Off topic) Dave Mills
> 
> Dave Mills, of fuzzball and ntp fame, one time U Delaware died on the 17th
> of January.
> He was an interesting, entertaining, prolific and rather idosyncratic
> emailer. Witty and informative. 
> 
> G

An article on Ars Technica with a bunch of links:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/inventor-of-ntp-protocol-that-keeps-time-on-billions-of-devices-dies-at-age-85/

and some reflections from HN users with some more tech-related links:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39051246

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Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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