Wolfgang Denk

[Bin Meng]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 11:11 PM Stefano Babic <sbabic at 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