In Fond Memory of Our Friend, Felipe Gaúcho

By now, probably many people in the java.net community are aware that we have -- completely unexpectedly, and out of the blue -- lost one of the most enthusiastic, bright, and kind members of the java.net community: Felipe Gaúcho. Clearly, there are many people in our community who knew Felipe better than I did; and clearly there are many who never had any personal contact with him, but who read his blogs and articles; and there are undoubtedly many people who are reading this who have no idea who Felipe was. I will tell you a little story. Because, indeed, my contact with Felipe was minimal. Yet, those brief contacts made an enduring impression on me. Such that, when I came home late Saturday night, turned on my computer, brought up my email client, and saw 9 messages on the java.net Community Leaders list, titled "Sad news", and clicked on the first message from Fabiane Bizinella Nardon, and read: Felipe Gaucho, our colleague, JUG leader, Java evangelist and long time java.net collaborator passed away yesterday. Sad day for the Java community and all his friends. I ... time stopped for a moment. I had to reread the message to see if what I thought I had just read was actually stated there. Maybe it was just late and I was tired, and I hadn't read the words right? You see... if you never met Felipe... Felipe Gaúcho was that kind of person, who makes an impression immediately, as someone you know you are hap...

Date: March, 08 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/03/07/fond-memory-our-friend-felipe-ga%C3%BAcho

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