Re: In memoriam David Terán
Re: In memoriam David Terán
- Subject: Re: In memoriam David Terán
- From: Dev WO <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:29:26 +0100
Hi Ralph,
I met David and the "German guys" (Ulrich, Matthias and Atze) at
WWDC04 thanks to Atze. I only met him once since then, but we stayed
in touch.
Even if I don't know him for a long time, I really feel like I lost a
closed friend.
The only thing I could say is thanks a lot David for every moment,
for your help and support, for giving me some really good advice, and
more than this, for spending a couple days here in Grenoble last
year. I'll be missing you too.
Xavier
Hello everybody,
I would like you all to take a short break from the usual
development issues and bear with me for a short moment.
Today I learned that David Terán, an extremely talented WO
developer, a very valuable contributor to this list and the WONDER
project and a friend of mine and many others on these lists, has
passed away on December 19, 2005. This came completely unexpected
for me and certainly to many other people because he was humble
enough to stay silent about the cancer he was suffering from.
I think almost everybody who was subscribed to this list in the
course of the recent years has somehow recognized him. The archives
of both mailing list are full of helpful advice and answers he
provided to many people. Many developers (including myself) have
benefitted a lot from the discussions with him and the answers he
provided.
Those of you who have had the chance to meet him at various Wocoa
developer meetings and other opportunities will probably remember
him as an extraordinarily intelligent, humorous and very nice
person with whom it was always a pleasure to hang out.
I have had the pleasure to work with him for more than a year and I
really enjoyed it and had a great time with him. I'm missing a
friend and a mentor. My heart is full of sorrow and I'm still
completely flummoxed. People just don't die in their 30s - there
are too dreams that need to come true, too many crazy ideas,
there's still so much you want to do, so many things to check out,
YOU WANT TO LIVE!
In our time, there's always something important to do, and there's
always a tomorrow and another time to make things right, to thank a
friend for everything he's done for you. "It's just not _that_
important now, I can do that later" - and all of a sudden, it's
over. Sometimes, destiny does not wait for you until you got the
"important" things done.
Keep this in mind, be grateful for the gift of life and all the
opportunities and chances it gives you, tell your friends and
family what they mean to you, say "thank you" when it's due and
check your schedule and your priorities. Many things in life are
really much less important than they may seem at first sight. Use
your chances while you can.
Thanks David - for all your help, for the great time I had with
you, for many heated discussions, for your advice, for the fun we
had, for the hard times we had and simply for being what you were.
We'll be missing you.
Ralph
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