[vim/vim] Please share condolence articles on Bram and his work (Discussion #12742)

Christian Brabandt

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Aug 7, 2023, 11:06:13 AM8/7/23

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Let me start, I'd like to collect some articles about Bram:

Please share other articles

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kuator

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Aug 7, 2023, 11:17:12 AM8/7/23

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One from the japanese vim community: https://vim-jp.org/blog/2023/08/05/Vim-boss-passed-away.html

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Mike Williams

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Aug 7, 2023, 11:24:31 AM8/7/23

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From Stackdiary: https://stackdiary.com/a-tribute-to-bram-moolenaar/

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Rykk

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Aug 7, 2023, 11:26:01 AM8/7/23

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I've submit a video for bram at bilibili (CHINESE) https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Xh4y1F7nD/?vd_source=b9d02f29e78f12e44d2aed4c83c35e0d

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jgb

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Aug 7, 2023, 1:07:14 PM8/7/23

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From a large Dutch IT related website:

https://tweakers.net/nieuws/212392/bram-moolenaar-ontwikkelaar-van-teksteditor-vim-is-overleden.html

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Restorer

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Aug 7, 2023, 1:54:26 PM8/7/23

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This is not an article, but a news article on a Russian IT site:
Скончался Брам Моленаар — Отец VIM

And this is a section of the same site entirely dedicated to Vim

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savchenko

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Aug 7, 2023, 1:59:47 PM8/7/23

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Not really an article, but an extensive threat at /r/vim: https://old.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/15iunt4/bram_moolenaar_creator_of_vim_has_died/

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Mike Williams

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Aug 7, 2023, 5:53:35 PM8/7/23

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One from The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/07/bram_moolenaar_obituary/

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Yegappan Lakshmanan

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Aug 7, 2023, 6:00:04 PM8/7/23

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Some more articles:

https://thenewstack.io/bram-moolenaar-author-of-the-open-source-vim-code-editor-has-died/
https://fagenwasanni.com/ai/bram-moolenaar-creator-of-the-open-source-vim-code-editor-passes-away/160833/
https://thenextweb.com/news/dev-world-mourns-loss-of-vim-creator-bram-moolenaar
https://news.itsfoss.com/vim-creator-passed-away/
https://www.hackread.com/vim-text-editor-linux-bram-moolenaar-passes-away/

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George V. Reilly

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Aug 8, 2023, 3:21:45 AM8/8/23

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I wrote a post about Bram at my blog: https://www.georgevreilly.com/blog/2023/08/07/BramMoolenaarRIP.html

Liam Proven

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Aug 8, 2023, 11:57:27 AM8/8/23

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Thanks for the link -- that is my article. Although I am not a Vim user myself, I tried to convey the affection and respect that the tool and its author inspired.

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Christian Brabandt

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Aug 8, 2023, 12:27:52 PM8/8/23

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Some more from George Reilly:

I wrote a post about Bram at my blog: https://www.georgevreilly.com/blog/2023/08/07/BramMoolenaarRIP.html

Some more articles:

https://thenewstack.io/bram-moolenaar-author-of-the-open-source-vim-code-editor-has-died/
https://fagenwasanni.com/ai/bram-moolenaar-creator-of-the-open-source-vim-code-editor-passes-away/160833/
https://thenextweb.com/news/dev-world-mourns-loss-of-vim-creator-bram-moolenaar
https://news.itsfoss.com/vim-creator-passed-away/
https://www.hackread.com/vim-text-editor-linux-bram-moolenaar-passes-away/

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Dominique Pellé

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Aug 8, 2023, 1:46:40 PM8/8/23

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A recent good article, in French:
https://linuxfr.org/news/deces-de-bram-moolenaar-createur-de-vim

Another good one in Italian:
https://www.macitynet.it/bram-moolenaar/

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K.Takata

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Aug 8, 2023, 11:03:55 PM8/8/23

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Some Japanese news:
https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/serial/yajiuma/1522338.html
https://news.mynavi.jp/techplus/article/20230807-2744084/

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moehuster

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Aug 9, 2023, 2:29:00 AM8/9/23

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Chinese forum website zhihu:
https://www.zhihu.com/question/615835724
https://www.zhihu.com/question/615863902

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Bob Pan

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Aug 9, 2023, 4:35:04 AM8/9/23

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This article is from the new media's website from Taiwan:

"程式設計師最常用的文字編輯器「Vim」之父去世！他的慈善軟體改變了很多人的一生"
The roughly translate to English is:
"The father of the most commonly used text editor "Vim" by programmers has passed away! His charity software changed the lives of many people"
https://www.techbang.com/posts/108621

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K.Takata

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Aug 9, 2023, 6:07:39 AM8/9/23

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Another one:
https://gigazine.net/news/20230809-vim-creator-bram-moolenaar-passed-away/

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zeertzjq

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Aug 9, 2023, 3:45:04 PM8/9/23

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An article by Justin M. Keyes:
https://neovim.io/news/2023/08

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Senthil Kumaran

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Aug 9, 2023, 11:19:49 PM8/9/23

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This is my post - https://senthil.learntosolveit.com/posts/2023/08/09/thank-you-bram-moolenaar.html

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arbitrary-dev

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Aug 10, 2023, 4:19:02 AM8/10/23

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*thread

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Olivia (Zoe)

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Aug 11, 2023, 5:44:22 AM8/11/23

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Also not an article, but from vi.meta.SE: https://vi.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1606/21251

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Rubi Leandro

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Aug 13, 2023, 7:10:32 AM8/13/23

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Here is an English article from DayFR Euro: https://euro.dayfr.com/trends/639418.html

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Ruben Gonzalez

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Aug 13, 2023, 1:57:39 PM8/13/23

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Spanish article from atareao.es: https://atareao.es/podcast/homenaje-al-creador-de-vim-bram-moolenar/

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Tobias Brunner

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Aug 14, 2023, 2:05:36 AM8/14/23

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We dedicated a vshn.timer on Brams work https://www.vshn.ch/blog/vshn-timer-194-in-memoriam-bram-moolenaar/

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7r3y

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Aug 14, 2023, 6:34:22 AM8/14/23

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Hungarian article from hup.hu: https://hup.hu/cikkek/20230806/elhunyt_a_vim_megalkotoja_bram_moolenaar

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Artem Vetrov

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Aug 14, 2023, 9:55:44 AM8/14/23

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Romolo Manfredini

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Aug 14, 2023, 5:16:41 PM8/14/23

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Italian article from miamammausalinux.org (translated my mother uses linux) a web site dedicated to linux and open source world.

https://www.miamammausalinux.org/2023/08/e-morto-alleta-di-62-anni-bram-moolenaar-creatore-delleditor-open-source-vim-e-pioniere-dello-sviluppo-charityware/

In this article are also highlighted the efforts of Bram for ICCF and UGANDA childrens.

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othree

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Aug 15, 2023, 3:51:30 AM8/15/23

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My article in Chinese https://blog.othree.net/log/2023/08/11/vim-boss-passed-away/

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Christian Brabandt

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Aug 24, 2023, 3:15:03 AM8/24/23

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An article about Brams work on Zimbu: https://thenewstack.io/vim-creator-bram-moolenaars-forgotten-programming-language-zimbu/

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scavin

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Oct 25, 2023, 12:07:48 AM10/25/23

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This article(Chinese) is from Appinn.com: https://www.appinn.com/vim-developer-bram-moolenaar-gone/

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Nhan Doan

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Mar 5, 2024, 2:31:26 AM3/5/24

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An article from Vietnam:
https://vnreview.vn/thread/vinh-biet-tac-gia-cua-vim-va-la-nguoi-hung-cua-nhieu-nha-phat-trien.70368744842734