[ih] Michael Padlipsky

[bob.hinden at gmail.com (Bob Hinden)]

I agree, sad news.

Bob

On Mar 4, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Vint Cerf wrote:

> One of the truly memorable characters in the history of ARPANET. Craig is right - between the Single Malts and non-smoking tobacco, to say nothing of  being the man who quoted John Donne in the middle of a protocol design debate (!), Mike was one of a kind. 
> 
> I am sorry to learn of his death - he now joins Jon in the Old Boys Club in the sky.
> 
> vint
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Craig Milo Rogers <rogers at isi.edu> wrote:
>        Michael Padlipsky, author of "The Elements of Networking
> Style", builder of the Multics networking stack, FTP protocol
> designer, author of RFC 666 (among others), and noted field researcher
> in the domain of Single Malt Whisky, passed away this morning.  He will
> be missed.
> 
>                                        Craig Milo Rogers
>