I knew Brian Kantor from the old Usenix days, we've sat around the bar together at conferences etc. many times. There was even an outstanding minor technical issue from a few weeks ago I wanted to get back to him about...oh well. Sorry to hear this, he was one of those rare people who actually cared about the technical landscape and how he could contribute. On November 27, 2019 at 13:27 rsk@gsp.org (Rich Kulawiec) wrote:

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From: Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:56:23 -0800 Subject: Brian Kantor has died

Slashdot reported, via a contributor from the 44Net amateur radio mailing list, that Brian Kantor died suddenly in his home last week.

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/11/24/0051236/brian-kantor-internet-and-a...

Brian was the co-inventor of NNTP and the co-author of RFC 977, with Phil Lapsley. I never met him in person, but have had several opportunities to chat with him electronically, including as recently as last month (via NNTP and netnews newsgroups, of course). He will be missed.

I never met Brian either, but have "known" him electronically for decades. His was a voice I always paid attention to, even when I disagreed with what he had to say. I'm sorry he's gone, and I'll miss him.

---rsk

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