RIP W. Richard Stevens

[Steve Grandi]

W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
in Tucson on September 1.

--
Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories/AURA Inc., Tucson AZ USA
Internet: gra...@noao.edu Voice: +1 520 318-8228

[Thomas Gagne]

Nearly everything I know about sockets I learned from his UNIX Network
Programming. A great loss. May God bless his family.
--
Open Source middleware available at http://home.netcom.com/~tgagne/

[Jon Snader]

Steve Grandi wrote:
>
> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
> in Tucson on September 1.
>

Rich was certainly the greatest expositor ever of network programming.
Many of us learned the field by reading his books. I am deeply saddened
by his passing as I'm sure all readers of this group are. He will be
sorely missed.

Jon Snader

[Steinar Haug]

[Steve Grandi]

| W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed
| away in Tucson on September 1.

He will be deeply missed.

See (all on one line)

http://www.bigdealclassifieds.com/classified/plsql/classlevel3_step?wClass=0002&wPubdate=Friday&wRowstart=1&wLessOrMore=

for an obituary.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no

[jerome]

he was good. im sad.

[Cameron Laird]

In article <37D1559F...@ix.netcom.com>,
Jon Snader <jsn...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Steve Grandi wrote:
>>
>> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
>> in Tucson on September 1.
>>
>

>Rich was certainly the greatest expositor ever of network programming.
>Many of us learned the field by reading his books. I am deeply saddened
>by his passing as I'm sure all readers of this group are. He will be
>sorely missed.
>
>Jon Snader

AND he actively participated in professional meetings
and comp.protocols.tcp-ip, along with other activities
of which I know less. Just a week ago, he patiently
walked me (by way of e-mail) through what turned out
to be a rather embarrassingly elementary question about
network standards. As outstanding as his books were,
they represent only a fraction of his good works.
--

Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html
cla...@NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX

[Peter Galbavy]

In article
<1A227C3750A34E50.A0E85ECB...@lp.airnews.net>,

Cameron Laird wrote:
>AND he actively participated in professional meetings
>and comp.protocols.tcp-ip, along with other activities
>of which I know less. Just a week ago, he patiently
>walked me (by way of e-mail) through what turned out
>to be a rather embarrassingly elementary question about
>network standards. As outstanding as his books were,
>they represent only a fraction of his good works.

I am still dazed at the news here, and in other places. I am still
hoping that it is not true. Unfortunately, this is likely just a side
effect of genuine shock at the news.

His books are still an inspiration and a daily tookbox of information.
The occasional exchanges by e-mail were enlightening and above all
*practical*.

He will be sadly missed by many - even those who do not yet know it.

Condolences to his family and friends.
--
Peter Galbavy
Knowledge Matters Ltd
http://www.knowledge.com/

[Marcus Thiessel]

gra...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu (Steve Grandi) writes:

> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
> in Tucson on September 1.

I simply cannot believe this (and simply don't want to)! We are losing
a great person who has been with the computer science comunity for so
many exciting years ...

May god bless his family!

--Marcus

[jha...@nortelnetworks.com.fava.beans]

In article <1A227C3750A34E50.A0E85ECB...@lp.airnews.net>,

Cameron Laird <cla...@starbase.neosoft.com> wrote:
>
>In article <37D1559F...@ix.netcom.com>,
>Jon Snader <jsn...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>Steve Grandi wrote:
>>>

>>> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
>>> in Tucson on September 1.
>>>
>>

>>Rich was certainly the greatest expositor ever of network programming.
>>Many of us learned the field by reading his books. I am deeply saddened
>>by his passing as I'm sure all readers of this group are. He will be
>>sorely missed.
>>
>>Jon Snader
>

>AND he actively participated in professional meetings
>and comp.protocols.tcp-ip, along with other activities
>of which I know less. Just a week ago, he patiently
>walked me (by way of e-mail) through what turned out
>to be a rather embarrassingly elementary question about
>network standards. As outstanding as his books were,
>they represent only a fraction of his good works.

I had the same experience. He very graciously helped me out more than
once with network programming problems I was having. I suspect a lot
of us could say that.

I didn't know him personally, but I'm experiencing quite a sense of
loss right now. It's hard to lose a really good guy, and by all
accounts he was one.

Joe

[Greg Hersh]

Marcus Thiessel wrote:

>
> gra...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu (Steve Grandi) writes:
>
> > W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
> > in Tucson on September 1.
>

Any information regarding the cause of death?

(he was only 48 years old)

--
Greg

[nws...@cloudband.com]

> --
> Greg

Yes! Is it inappropriate to wonder about the
cause of death. He was only 48 years old, skied, did stuff
out doorsy and seemed to be a very fit person. Not
a sedintary cancerous type like maybe i am. Read all
the banter and appalling things on slashdot and the
question was asked there with no response as well.

Why/How did he die? Or if it is none of our/my
business then maybe someone could say so and i'll
just accept that a great person is dead.

There should be some kind of memorial or something.
Maybe a candle light vigil or something. I mean we did
such for Jerry Garcia and people. Maybe people in there
cities could gather and where lots of pretty colors, since
he like colors.(according to the obituary)

[Richard]

According to my newsreader, nws...@cloudband.com posted...
// There should be some kind of memorial or something.
// Maybe a candle light vigil or something. I mean we did
// such for Jerry Garcia and people. Maybe people in there
// cities could gather and where lots of pretty colors, since
// he like colors.(according to the obituary)

From the funeral announcement at www.bigdealclassifieds.com :

<QUOTE>

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in
Richard's name to

Habitat for Humanity
2950 E. 22nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85713

</QUOTE>

--
"The road to wisdom? Well it's plain, and simple to express:
Just err and err and err again, but less and less and less."
-Piet Hein

Disclaimer: These are simply some of my personal opinions.
ObURL: http://home.earthlink.net/~huddler

[gt...@hotmail.com]

Argh. If this is true, I would feel a personal loss.
His books has taught me so much. What a big loss for
the computer science community. Hope the best for
his family. In my respect for the Great Maestro:

FIN,ACK,close(),FIN,acknowledged Richard Stevens.

-Godfrey Degamo
gt...@hotmail.com

In article <slrn7t16j9...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu>,

gra...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu (Steve Grandi) wrote:
> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books,
passed away
> in Tucson on September 1.
>

> --
> Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories/AURA Inc.,
Tucson AZ USA
> Internet: gra...@noao.edu Voice: +1 520 318-8228
>

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[anju...@my-deja.com]

Everything I learned about UNIX and it's depth
from his Books only. I love his way of explaining
things in simple manner. Great Author.
Great Loss to Academic community.

May god bless his family.
May his sole rest in peace.

Anjaneyulu.

[Vu Pham]

Steve Grandi <gra...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu> wrote in message
news:slrn7t16j9...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu...

> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed
away
> in Tucson on September 1.

I am new with TCP/IP, and Stevens 's books have really helped me to
understand the protocol.
My English is too bad , but I would like to say I am really sad when
knowing this news.

Vu Pham

[mga...@my-deja.com]

This is very sad. All my networking knowledge is because of
his great books. God bless his family.

- Muralidhar

In article <slrn7t16j9...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu>,
gra...@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu (Steve Grandi) wrote:

> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books,
passed away
> in Tucson on September 1.
>

[Mano Pallewatta]

This is a great loss. I learned everything about networking from his
books. He will always be remembered by us as a "Great Networking Guru".

Mano

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[James Ko]

It is sad to learn about this, and a big loss to the networking
community.

Steve Grandi wrote:
>
> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
> in Tucson on September 1.
>

--
James Ko
Date Networks Engineering Email: jam...@nortelnetworks.com
Nortel Networks Phone: (613) 763-6920

[Anshul_Jain]

I read this message a bit late,
Although I have never meat to Late Stevens, but I think that he should be a
great person, the way he described the things,

On 4 Sep 1999, Steve Grandi wrote:

> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
> in Tucson on September 1.
>
> --

[Vividh Siddha]

It is a extremely sad loss to the networking world to lose such a rare
genious. His books and his website have been the mecca for information
on networking. May his soul rest in peace.

James Ko wrote:
>
> It is sad to learn about this, and a big loss to the networking
> community.
>

> Steve Grandi wrote:
> >
> > W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
> > in Tucson on September 1.
> >
>
> --

> James Ko
> Date Networks Engineering Email: jam...@nortelnetworks.com
> Nortel Networks Phone: (613) 763-6920

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______________________________________________________________________
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would it? -Albert Einstein

[yudin...@tieto.com]

On Saturday, 4 September 1999 15:00:00 UTC+8, Steve Grandi wrote:
> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books, passed away
> in Tucson on September 1.
>
> --

> Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories/AURA Inc., Tucson AZ USA
> Internet: gra...@noao.edu Voice: +1 520 318-8228

I was very shocked while I saw the life time of Richard, I was reading TCP/IP I that time.

A great loss.
In memory of Richard.

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Wed, 2014-03-26, yudin...@tieto.com wrote:
> On Saturday, 4 September 1999 15:00:00 UTC+8, Steve Grandi wrote:
>> W. Richard (Rich) Stevens, author of several Unix and TCP/IP books,
>> passed away in Tucson on September 1.

> I was very shocked while I saw the life time of Richard,
> I was reading TCP/IP I that time.
>
> A great loss.
> In memory of Richard.

Yes. But he left his books, and they are still useful.
I still meet people who haven't read them, but should have.

/Jorgen

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