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Posted to users@groovy.apache.org by Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com> on 2021/01/23 20:29:37 UTC
Russel Winder passed away
Hi all,
Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
away.
The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
the Python community, and more.
I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
[image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
Russel, you will be deeply missed.
Guillaume
--
Guillaume Laforge
Apache Groovy committer
Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Remko Popma <re...@gmail.com>.
I am so sorry to hear this.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 8:49 AM Keegan Witt <ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry to hear this. I hope he was able to spend lots of time with his
> family. They will be in my thoughts. I felt honored to have him as part
> of our community.
>
> -Keegan
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:05 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Very sad news. Best wishes to his family. Russel was one of the great
>> characters in Groovy's early history and will be missed by many in our
>> community and numerous other ones in which he participated.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:30 AM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder
>>> passed away.
>>>
>>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>>> the Python community, and more.
>>>
>>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>>
>>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>>
>>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>>
>>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>>
>>> Guillaume
>>>
>>> --
>>> Guillaume Laforge
>>> Apache Groovy committer
>>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>>
>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>>
>>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Remko Popma <re...@gmail.com>.
I am so sorry to hear this.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 8:49 AM Keegan Witt <ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry to hear this. I hope he was able to spend lots of time with his
> family. They will be in my thoughts. I felt honored to have him as part
> of our community.
>
> -Keegan
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:05 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Very sad news. Best wishes to his family. Russel was one of the great
>> characters in Groovy's early history and will be missed by many in our
>> community and numerous other ones in which he participated.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:30 AM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder
>>> passed away.
>>>
>>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>>> the Python community, and more.
>>>
>>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>>
>>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>>
>>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>>
>>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>>
>>> Guillaume
>>>
>>> --
>>> Guillaume Laforge
>>> Apache Groovy committer
>>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>>
>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>>
>>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Keegan Witt <ke...@gmail.com>.
Sorry to hear this. I hope he was able to spend lots of time with his
family. They will be in my thoughts. I felt honored to have him as part
of our community.
-Keegan
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:05 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote:
> Very sad news. Best wishes to his family. Russel was one of the great
> characters in Groovy's early history and will be missed by many in our
> community and numerous other ones in which he participated.
>
> Paul.
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:30 AM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
>> away.
>>
>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>> the Python community, and more.
>>
>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>
>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>
>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>
>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>
>> Guillaume
>>
>> --
>> Guillaume Laforge
>> Apache Groovy committer
>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>
>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Keegan Witt <ke...@gmail.com>.
Sorry to hear this. I hope he was able to spend lots of time with his
family. They will be in my thoughts. I felt honored to have him as part
of our community.
-Keegan
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:05 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote:
> Very sad news. Best wishes to his family. Russel was one of the great
> characters in Groovy's early history and will be missed by many in our
> community and numerous other ones in which he participated.
>
> Paul.
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:30 AM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
>> away.
>>
>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>> the Python community, and more.
>>
>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>
>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>
>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>
>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>
>> Guillaume
>>
>> --
>> Guillaume Laforge
>> Apache Groovy committer
>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>
>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au>.
Very sad news. Best wishes to his family. Russel was one of the great
characters in Groovy's early history and will be missed by many in our
community and numerous other ones in which he participated.
Paul.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:30 AM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Tim Dudgeon <td...@gmail.com>.
Very sad to hear this.
Russel was awesome, not only for his contributions to gpars and groovy, but
much beyond.
A great guy.
Tim
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 8:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>.
Hi everyone,
For those who personally knew Russel, there's going to be a remembrance
broadcasted on YouTube, on Wednesday.
Geri, his wife, said you can request a link, by writing her at the
following address: geri.winder@gmail.com
Thanks for your attention.
Guillaume
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:29 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>
--
Guillaume Laforge
Apache Groovy committer
Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au>.
Very sad news. Best wishes to his family. Russel was one of the great
characters in Groovy's early history and will be missed by many in our
community and numerous other ones in which he participated.
Paul.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:30 AM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>.
Hi everyone,
For those who personally knew Russel, there's going to be a remembrance
broadcasted on YouTube, on Wednesday.
Geri, his wife, said you can request a link, by writing her at the
following address: geri.winder@gmail.com
Thanks for your attention.
Guillaume
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:29 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>
--
Guillaume Laforge
Apache Groovy committer
Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Søren Berg Glasius <so...@glasius.dk>.
I'm sad to read this news. Russell was a great speaker and I always enjoyed
his company at conferences. He will be missed.
Warm thoughts goes to his family.
Best regards
Søren Berg Glasius
Sent from my phone, thus brief
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 12:42 Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, variable width font was a kind of signature. And also with variations
> of brown or beige for the color palette!
>
> Le dim. 24 janv. 2021 à 11:57, Andy Duncan <an...@adjectivecolournoun.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> That is very sad news. I'll never forget the ripple that would go through
>> an audience when they realised he was going to do a code presentation with
>> a variable width font. A true iconoclast.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 08:44 Wilson MacGyver, <wm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the
>>> first ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his
>>> wild eyes and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed
>>> right away. I go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
>>>
>>> I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's
>>> great at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease
>>> him as he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings
>>> on his laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you
>>> will be missed my friend
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder
>>>> passed away.
>>>>
>>>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions
>>>> to the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>>>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>>>> the Python community, and more.
>>>>
>>>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>>>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>>>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>>>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>>>
>>>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>>>
>>>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>>>
>>>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>>>
>>>> Guillaume
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Guillaume Laforge
>>>> Apache Groovy committer
>>>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>>>
>>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>>>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
>>>
>>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Søren Berg Glasius <so...@glasius.dk>.
I'm sad to read this news. Russell was a great speaker and I always enjoyed
his company at conferences. He will be missed.
Warm thoughts goes to his family.
Best regards
Søren Berg Glasius
Sent from my phone, thus brief
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 12:42 Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, variable width font was a kind of signature. And also with variations
> of brown or beige for the color palette!
>
> Le dim. 24 janv. 2021 à 11:57, Andy Duncan <an...@adjectivecolournoun.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> That is very sad news. I'll never forget the ripple that would go through
>> an audience when they realised he was going to do a code presentation with
>> a variable width font. A true iconoclast.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 08:44 Wilson MacGyver, <wm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the
>>> first ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his
>>> wild eyes and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed
>>> right away. I go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
>>>
>>> I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's
>>> great at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease
>>> him as he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings
>>> on his laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you
>>> will be missed my friend
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder
>>>> passed away.
>>>>
>>>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions
>>>> to the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>>>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>>>> the Python community, and more.
>>>>
>>>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>>>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>>>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>>>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>>>
>>>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>>>
>>>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>>>
>>>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>>>
>>>> Guillaume
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Guillaume Laforge
>>>> Apache Groovy committer
>>>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>>>
>>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>>>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
>>>
>>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>.
Yes, variable width font was a kind of signature. And also with variations
of brown or beige for the color palette!
Le dim. 24 janv. 2021 à 11:57, Andy Duncan <an...@adjectivecolournoun.com> a
écrit :
> That is very sad news. I'll never forget the ripple that would go through
> an audience when they realised he was going to do a code presentation with
> a variable width font. A true iconoclast.
>
> Andy
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 08:44 Wilson MacGyver, <wm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the
>> first ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his
>> wild eyes and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed
>> right away. I go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
>>
>> I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's great
>> at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease him as
>> he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings on his
>> laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you will be
>> missed my friend
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder
>>> passed away.
>>>
>>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>>> the Python community, and more.
>>>
>>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>>
>>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>>
>>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>>
>>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>>
>>> Guillaume
>>>
>>> --
>>> Guillaume Laforge
>>> Apache Groovy committer
>>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>>
>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
>>
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>.
Yes, variable width font was a kind of signature. And also with variations
of brown or beige for the color palette!
Le dim. 24 janv. 2021 à 11:57, Andy Duncan <an...@adjectivecolournoun.com> a
écrit :
> That is very sad news. I'll never forget the ripple that would go through
> an audience when they realised he was going to do a code presentation with
> a variable width font. A true iconoclast.
>
> Andy
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 08:44 Wilson MacGyver, <wm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the
>> first ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his
>> wild eyes and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed
>> right away. I go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
>>
>> I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's great
>> at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease him as
>> he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings on his
>> laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you will be
>> missed my friend
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder
>>> passed away.
>>>
>>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>>> the Python community, and more.
>>>
>>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>>
>>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>>
>>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>>
>>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>>
>>> Guillaume
>>>
>>> --
>>> Guillaume Laforge
>>> Apache Groovy committer
>>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>>
>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
>>
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Andy Duncan <an...@adjectivecolournoun.com>.
That is very sad news. I'll never forget the ripple that would go through
an audience when they realised he was going to do a code presentation with
a variable width font. A true iconoclast.
Andy
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 08:44 Wilson MacGyver, <wm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the first
> ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his wild eyes
> and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed right away. I
> go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
>
> I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's great
> at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease him as
> he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings on his
> laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you will be
> missed my friend
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
>> away.
>>
>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>> the Python community, and more.
>>
>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>
>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>
>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>
>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>
>> Guillaume
>>
>> --
>> Guillaume Laforge
>> Apache Groovy committer
>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>
>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>
>
>
> --
> Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Andy Duncan <an...@adjectivecolournoun.com>.
That is very sad news. I'll never forget the ripple that would go through
an audience when they realised he was going to do a code presentation with
a variable width font. A true iconoclast.
Andy
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 08:44 Wilson MacGyver, <wm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the first
> ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his wild eyes
> and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed right away. I
> go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
>
> I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's great
> at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease him as
> he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings on his
> laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you will be
> missed my friend
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
>> away.
>>
>> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
>> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
>> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
>> the Python community, and more.
>>
>> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
>> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
>> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
>> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>>
>> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>>
>> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>>
>> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>>
>> Guillaume
>>
>> --
>> Guillaume Laforge
>> Apache Groovy committer
>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>>
>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
>> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>>
>
>
> --
> Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
>
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Wilson MacGyver <wm...@gmail.com>.
It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the first
ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his wild eyes
and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed right away. I
go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's great
at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease him as
he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings on his
laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you will be
missed my friend
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>
--
Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Wilson MacGyver <wm...@gmail.com>.
It's a sad day indeed. I still remember the first time we met at the first
ggx in London , after a long discussion. He stared at me with his wild eyes
and said “WHY are you using groovy?” Friendships were formed right away. I
go to his talk when possible. They are always funny
I would always ask questions Russel leads the audience to ask, he's great
at doing leading questions in his talks. And of course always tease him as
he gets ready for talk forever messing with Linux display settings on his
laptop. He was very much a believer of “year of Linux desktop” you will be
missed my friend
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>
--
Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
Re: Russel Winder passed away
Posted by Tim Dudgeon <td...@gmail.com>.
Very sad to hear this.
Russel was awesome, not only for his contributions to gpars and groovy, but
much beyond.
A great guy.
Tim
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 8:30 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I heard the very sad news that our good friend Russel Winder passed
> away.
>
> The Groovy community will remember Russel for his great contributions to
> the Groovy project, the GPars parallel framework, his presentations at
> conferences about Groovy, but also his involvement in the Java ecosystem,
> the Python community, and more.
>
> I'm very sad today to lose a good and dear friend.
> I fondly remember our conversations at conferences like Groovy & Grails
> eXchange, at GR8Conf, or Greach. He had a wonderful sense of humour, and
> was a friendly and lovely person, with deep insight and knowledge.
>
> [image: graeme-guillaume-russel.jpg]
>
> My best thoughts and my condolences to his wife Geri and his family.
>
> Russel, you will be deeply missed.
>
> Guillaume
>
> --
> Guillaume Laforge
> Apache Groovy committer
> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform
>
> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/
> Twitter: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge>
>