+1 to my leader and teacher! to the one loved openstack, still remember the scrum meeting 2 week ago..."I am working on microversions for nova-client..."
hard to believe this, God rest his soul in peace. 2015-04-08 17:14 GMT+08:00 Alex Xu <[email protected]>: > Feel very sad. Just few weeks ago, I still saw him active on the > community. Really hard believe this happen such suddenly. > > He was my leader in IBM and mentored me on the openstack community also, > offered lots of help without reservation, really > learn a lot from him. We have phone call meeting every morning before, he > always sounds happy and enthusiastic even after > he got health problem. > > May his soul rest in peace. > > 2015-04-08 12:49 GMT+08:00 Michael Still <[email protected]>: > >> It is my sad duty to inform the community that Chris Yeoh passed away >> this morning. Chris leaves behind a daughter Alyssa, aged 6, who I hope >> will remember Chris as the clever and caring person that I will remember >> him as. I haven’t had a chance to confirm with the family if they want >> flowers or a donation to a charity. As soon as I know those details I will >> reply to this email. >> >> Chris worked on open source for a very long time, with OpenStack being >> just the most recent in a long chain of contributions. He worked tirelessly >> on his contributions to Nova, including mentoring other developers. He was >> dedicated to the cause, with a strong vision of what OpenStack could >> become. He even named his cat after the project. >> >> Chris might be the only person to have ever sent an email to his >> coworkers explaining what his code review strategy would be after brain >> surgery. It takes phenomenal strength to carry on in the face of that kind >> of adversity, but somehow he did. Frankly, I think I would have just sat on >> the beach. >> >> Chris was also a contributor to the Linux Standards Base (LSB), where he >> helped improve the consistency and interoperability between Linux >> distributions. He ran the ‘Hackfest’ programming contests for a number of >> years at Australia’s open source conference -- linux.conf.au. He >> supported local Linux user groups in South Australia and Canberra, >> including involvement at installfests and speaking at local meetups. He >> competed in a programming challenge called Loki Hack, and beat out the >> world to win the event[1]. >> >> Alyssa’s memories of her dad need to last her a long time, so we’ve >> decided to try and collect some fond memories of Chris to help her along >> the way. If you feel comfortable doing so, please contribute a memory or >> two at >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kX-ePqAO7Cuudppwqz1cqgBXAsJx27GkdM-eCZ0c1V8/viewform >> >> Chris was humble, helpful and honest. The OpenStack and broader Open >> Source communities are poorer for his passing. >> >> Michael >> >> [1] http://www.lokigames.com/hack/ >> >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Unsubscribe: >> [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> >> > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >
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