December 31, 2015

Ian Murdock in 2008

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Last Monday, December 28, Ian Murdock, best known as the father of the Debian project, passed away. Born on April 28, 1973 in Konstanz, in the then West Germany, he launched the Debian project in the spirit of GNU project in 1993. The name is a combination of that of his then-girlfriend, Debra, and his. Debian is mainly a GNU/Linux distribution and over time has become one of the most important with the support of several architectures and a huge bouquet of software.

Connie Willis in 1998

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Constance Elaine Trimmer, this is her birth name, was born on December 31, 1945 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She’s known mostly for her short fiction, which received the most important science fiction awards a number of times. Including her novels, Connie Willis has won a total of 11 Hugo awards and 7 Nebula awards.