Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Jul 2012 21:26 UTC, submitted by M.Onty
"Andre Hedrick, a principal engineer and operating system architect at Cisco Systems and a Linux kernel contributor, has died. He leaves behind a wife, four young children and many friends. Andre made a significant contribution to personal computing history in a way few people fully realise." I indeed had no idea. It's subtle, but quite important indeed. Worth reading, and our thoughts and condolences with his family and friends.
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Nothing better than psychologizing people you don't know!
I don't need to know the guy to recognize that committing suicide while you have a family is fundamentally selfish and cruel. I don't care how depressed you are. You owe your family an obligation to be there for them. And I could give a rat's ass how great of a code contributor he was in the Linux community. He left behind a wife and four kids that will be forever affected by his selfish decision to end his life. I've seen the effects of suicide on young people; it tears them apart, and leaves a hole in them that can't be filled. If you've got issues with depression, seek professional help; do whatever it takes to get better. For those of you who either won't (or can't) grok this simple truth, whatever, mod me down, as you inevitably will. Some people can't handle the truth.
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... so he committed suicide and left behind a wife and 4 young children? Seems pretty selfish, if you ask me. Maybe he should have spent a little less time hacking Linux and more in therapy.
Ok, I'm just going to come out & say it - "You are utterly retarded". Can you even grasp the stupidity of expecting someone, who might've been mentally ill, to realize that he has a problem & should get help? Why the "EFFE" would you expect someone, who might've been mentally ill, to be capable of evaluating his mental situation & determining a good course of action??? Writing code is pretty academic, logical, & sterile. The workings of the human mind are the complete opposite of all of that. There's no reasonable explanation to expect that he would've been capable of self-diagnosing. Most doctors can't even do this. Everyone knows that doctors make the worst patients & lawyers make the worst clients. Get your head out of your ass!
RIP Andre Hedrick!
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... so he committed suicide and left behind a wife and 4 young children? Seems pretty selfish, if you ask me. Maybe he should have spent a little less time hacking Linux and more in therapy.
Edited 2012-07-27 22:08 UTC