----- Forwarded message from Russ Allbery <ea...@eyrie.org> ----- > From: Russ Allbery <ea...@eyrie.org> > Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:56:23 -0800 > Subject: Brian Kantor has died > > Slashdot reported, via a contributor from the 44Net amateur radio mailing > list, that Brian Kantor died suddenly in his home last week. > > https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/11/24/0051236/brian-kantor-internet-and-amprnet-pioneer-wb6cyt-dies > > Brian was the co-inventor of NNTP and the co-author of RFC 977, with Phil > Lapsley. I never met him in person, but have had several opportunities to > chat with him electronically, including as recently as last month (via > NNTP and netnews newsgroups, of course). He will be missed.
I never met Brian either, but have "known" him electronically for decades. His was a voice I always paid attention to, even when I disagreed with what he had to say. I'm sorry he's gone, and I'll miss him. ---rsk
