{"id":566,"date":"2015-12-30T03:33:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T11:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudinsidr.com\/content\/?p=566"},"modified":"2016-01-31T15:48:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T23:48:07","slug":"the-open-source-community-mourns-the-death-of-ian-murdock-the-creator-of-debian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudinsidr.com\/content\/the-open-source-community-mourns-the-death-of-ian-murdock-the-creator-of-debian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open Source Community Mourns the death of Ian Murdock, the Creator of Debian"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-568\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cloudinsidr.com\/content\/the-open-source-community-mourns-the-death-of-ian-murdock-the-creator-of-debian\/ianmurdock\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-568\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-568 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudinsidr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IanMurdock-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Murdock\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cloudinsidr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IanMurdock-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cloudinsidr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IanMurdock-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.cloudinsidr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IanMurdock-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cloudinsidr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IanMurdock.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Murdock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The untimely death of Ian Murdock, 42, on Dec. 28, 2015, has shaken the Linux community and the world of Open Source.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eLinux old timer. Debian founder. Sun alum. Salesforce ExactTarget exec.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>is how Ian Murdock described himself on his blog at ianmurdock.com.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Less than three months after joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Docker<\/a>, the container company, and only a few hours after two consecutive\u00a0encounters with local\u00a0police that involved paramedics and a hospital visit, followed by his release on bail from the county jail, Ian Murdock passed away on Monday night in his apartment.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe amazed everyone whom he worked with for the depth of his thinking, passion and experience. \u2026 He was truly brilliant and an inspiration to many of us; his death is a loss to all whom he has known and touched.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>wrote Docker <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.docker.com\/2015\/12\/ian-murdock\/\" target=\"_blank\">in an official announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Debian was one of the first Linux distributions and it is widely regarded as a one of the most successful open-source projects in history. The name Debian immortalized the relationship of Ian with his then-girlfriend, later wife (since divorced) Debra Lynn\/Murdock: &#8220;Deb and Ian&#8221;. The Debian project has spawned 52 distributions including Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The untimely death of Ian Murdock, 42, on Dec. 28, 2015, has shaken the Linux community and the world of Open Source. \u201eLinux old timer. Debian founder. Sun alum. 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