Kiran's piece is indeed well written. To be honest, I did not interact too much with him after hearing of his reputation from many of my close friends in the FOSS community, and a couple of times when I thought his comments were not fair. I guess Kiran and Anjana are among those who saw a different side of him.
Venky On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > The folks at www.opensource.com reached out to me and asked me if I > could > > write an obit for Atul Chitnis. I declined because I did not know Atul > well > > enough. Would anybody on this list be willing to write a short piece on > > Atul? > > > > > Kiran (Jace)'s piece is very well-written... > > http://www.nextbigwhat.com/atul-chitnis-obituary-297/ > > Anjana did not know him as well in the software field, but she shed tears > for him and wrote this: > > http://shortindiangirl.livejournal.com/324315.html > > > And I'm sure several other people would have written (or could write) > equally well about him. > > Much of the humour in obituaries comes from people who write about people > whom they didn't know well...such as the salutation, in the media, to > "sitar maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman". >
