Re: Obituary for Christian Haider
Gregory Bourassa <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:43:51 -0700
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--------------q4VahyzP8Sz0lm45u0RSBtPE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sad news indeed.=C2=A0=C2=A0 My condolences to his family, friends, and col= leagues. Gregory Bourassa On 4/11/25 09:31, Jerry Kott wrote: > This is indeed very sad news. Christian was a dear friend of mine, we=20 > spent many hours talking Smalltalk, science, and all sorts of other=20 > things at the ESUG conferences. He and Libby spent some time with us=20 > here on Vancouver Island, what a fabulous time that was! > > He will be missed. > > *Jerry Kott* > This message has been digitally signed. > PGP Fingerprint: > A9181736DD2F1B6CC7CF9E51AC8514F48C0979A5 > > > > =20 Gregory Bourassa Software Engineer KEY TECHNOLOGY Tel: +1 509 394 3260 [email protected] > On Apr 11, 2025, at 07:40, Thomas Brodt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It is with deep sadness that we bid farewell to Christian Haider -=20 >> *developer, forward thinker and Smalltalk enthusiast*- who passed=20 >> away on April 7, 2025 at the age of 64. >> >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.a3aan.st/esug2015/index.php/view= /21/03*Tuesday/IMG_5387.jpg__;Kw!!DZ3fjg!9t7b-A_Tf6h_fWvTUszNDzY5TrgLbOUyVZ= HhFepq4vIQIyhnVgZfvdd1MhNOfwGF5fK2YTgqR_Cxj26FB4hIx7vD$ =20 >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.a3aan.st/esug2015/index.php/vie= w/21/03*Tuesday/IMG_5387.jpg__;Kw!!DZ3fjg!7zeqi6cMpJKI4cTGyuI6MpAiXo5Iwf8f7= mE4xw156ppCsTIbMqHuEUctjQKndadyiyPQsTb6SEQmutvgfJi2Utu8W7g4sw$> >> >> Christian was much more than just a programmer. For him, *Smalltalk=20 >> *was not just a language - it was a tool for thinking, understanding=20 >> and creating. His love of object orientation was not a technical=20 >> whim, but an expression of his desire to find *elegant and=20 >> understandable solutions for complex situations.* >> >> After studying computer science at the TU Berlin, Christian got a=20 >> grant from the University of Tokyo to work on programming the game=20 >> *GO.*=C2=A0In Japan he met his Canadian wife, Libby. >> >> Back in Germany, he contributed to software development at Deutsche=20 >> Bahn before founding *Smalltalked Visuals GmbH*=C2=A0in 2002. >> >> His best-known project: *smallCharts*=C2=A0- an impressive example of wh= at=20 >> is possible with *Smalltalk*. Precise, well thought-out, sustainable=20 >> - all components of his style. *smallCharts*=C2=A0was a graphics tool=20 >> developed by Christian which created *premium financial performance=20 >> charts*=C2=A0for the financial print media. >> >> In the last 10 years of his life in L=C3=BCbeck, Christian became more a= nd=20 >> more interested in simplifying existing digital information for the=20 >> common good through transparency, open data and comprehensive=20 >> visualizations. *PDFtalk*, *CoVid-19*=C2=A0charts and the budget data=20 >> portal *unsere-gelder.de <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://unsere-geld= er.de/__;!!DZ3fjg!9t7b-A_Tf6h_fWvTUszNDzY5TrgLbOUyVZHhFepq4vIQIyhnVgZfvdd1M= hNOfwGF5fK2YTgqR_Cxj26FB1mtuMAl$ >*, all developed=20 >> to explain and simplify and improve the world using *Smalltalk*. >> >> Those who knew him remember his clarity, his passion and the=20 >> conviction that code was only =E2=80=98good=E2=80=99 when it functioned = and looked=20 >> great. >> >> Since the beginning of the coronavirus era, we had been meeting=20 >> regularly in a small online group. These meetings - originally born=20 >> out of the situation - quickly became a fixed anchor point where we=20 >> exchanged technical ideas and personal matters. Through these=20 >> conversations we really got to know Christian: as an attentive=20 >> listener, clever thinker and warm-hearted person. >> >> It was particularly impressive that Christian also supervised and=20 >> trained two apprentices during this time - with the same patience,=20 >> passion and care that characterized him as a person and developer.=20 >> His presence in our group enriched us - and we will miss him very much. >> >> Christian so enjoyed being part of our community - keep sharing! >> >> And with every object, with every clean method, we send him a silent=20 >> greeting: Thank you, Christian >> >> Marten Feldtman, Thomas Brodt, Peter Ursprung, Joachim Tuchel, Michal=20 >> Balda, Stephan Eggermont, Sabine Manaa >> >= --------------q4VahyzP8Sz0lm45u0RSBtPE Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> </head> <body> <p>Sad news indeed. My condolences to his family, friends, = and colleagues.</p> <p>Gregory Bourassa<br> </p> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"mso-line-heigh= t-rule:exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;font-size:1px;direction:ltr;">= <table dir=3D"ltr" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"0" style= =3D"width:100%;direction:ltr;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:1px;"><tr s= tyle=3D"font-size:0;"><td align=3D"left" style=3D"vertical-align:top;"><tab= le cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"0" style=3D"border-collaps= e:collapse;font-size:0;"><tr style=3D"font-size:0;"><td align=3D"left" styl= e=3D"padding:0;vertical-align:top;"><table cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D= "0" border=3D"0" style=3D"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;font-style:n= ormal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap;"><tr style=3D"font-size:14.67px;"= ><td align=3D"left" style=3D"vertical-align:top;font-family:Calibri,Arial,s= ans-serif;"><p style=3D"color:#000001;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">&n= bsp;<span style=3D"font-family:remialcxesans;font-size:1px;color:#FFFFFF;li= ne-height:1px;">​<span style=3D"font-family:'template-k9BWKEKJEe6= 48AANOry-ig';">​</span><span style=3D"font-family:'zone-1'= ;;">​</span><span style=3D"font-family:'zones-AQ';">​</= span></span><br /></p></td></tr><tr style=3D"font-size:14.67px;font-weight:= 700;"><td align=3D"left" style=3D"vertical-align:top;font-family:Calibri,Ar= ial,sans-serif;"><p style=3D"color:#000001;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px= ;">Gregory Bourassa</p></td></tr><tr style=3D"font-size:14.67px;"><td = align=3D"left" style=3D"vertical-align:top;font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-s= erif;"><p style=3D"color:#000001;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">Softwar= e Engineer</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style=3D"font-size:0;"><= td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:13px 0 0;vertical-align:top;"><table cel= lpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"0" style=3D"border-collapse:coll= apse;font-size:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;white-space:nowrap;"><tr= style=3D"font-size:14.67px;"><td align=3D"left" style=3D"vertical-align:to= p;font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><p style=3D"color:#000001;margin-t= op:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">KEY TECHNOLOGY</p></td></tr><tr style=3D"fo= nt-size:0;"><td align=3D"left" style=3D"vertical-align:top;"><table cellpad= ding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"0" style=3D"border-collapse:collapse= ;font-size:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap;"><tr sty= le=3D"font-size:14.67px;"><td align=3D"left" style=3D"vertical-align:top;fo= nt-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;"><p style=3D"color:#000001;margin-top:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;">Tel: +1 509 394 3260</p></td></t= r></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style=3D"font-size:14.67px;font-s= tyle:normal;font-weight:400;white-space:nowrap;"><td align=3D"left" style= =3D"padding:13px 0 0;vertical-align:top;font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-seri= f;"><p style=3D"color:#000001;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><a href=3D= "mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" id=3D"LPlnk689713" style=3D"te= xt-decoration:none;color:#000001;">[email protected]</a></p></td></tr><tr s= tyle=3D"font-size:0;"><td style=3D"padding:13px 0 0;"> </td></tr></tab= le></td></tr></table></div>On 4/11/25 09:31, Jerry Kott wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:11CB0B19-B76E-40F7-B3DA-A40CD4463= [email protected]"> =20 This is indeed very sad news. Christian was a dear friend of mine, we spent many hours talking Smalltalk, science, and all sorts of other things at the ESUG conferences. He and Libby spent some time with us here on Vancouver Island, what a fabulous time that was! <div><br> </div> <div>He will be missed.<br> <div><br> <div> <div><b>Jerry Kott</b></div> <div style=3D"font-size: 9px;">This message has been digitally signed. </div> <div style=3D"font-size: 9px;">PGP Fingerprint:</div> <div style=3D"font-size: 9px;">A9181736DD2F1B6CC7CF9E51AC8514F4= 8C0979A5</div> <div><br> </div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <div><br> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div>On Apr 11, 2025, at 07:40, Thomas Brodt <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:thomas.br= [email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <div> =20 <div class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">It is with deep sadness that we bid farewell to Christian Haider - <b>de= veloper, forward thinker and Smalltalk enthusiast</b>- who passed away on April 7, 2025 at the age of 64.<br> <br> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"= DE"><a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.a3aan.st/esug2015/in= dex.php/view/21/03*Tuesday/IMG_5387.jpg__;Kw!!DZ3fjg!7zeqi6cMpJKI4cTGyuI6Mp= AiXo5Iwf8f7mE4xw156ppCsTIbMqHuEUctjQKndadyiyPQsTb6SEQmutvgfJi2Utu8W7g4sw$" = title=3D"https://www.a3aan.st/esug2015/index.php/view/21/03+Tuesday/IMG_538= 7.jpg" style=3D"color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true"><span style=3D= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.a3aan.st/esug2015/= index.php/view/21/03+Tuesday/IMG_5387.jpg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">Christian was much more than just a programmer. For him, <b>Smalltalk&nb= sp;</b>was not just a language - it was a tool for thinking, understanding and creating. His love of object orientation was not a technical whim, but an expression of his desire to find <b>elegant and understandable solutions for complex situations.</b= ></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p><= /span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">After studying computer science at the TU Berlin, Christian got a grant from the University of Tokyo to work on programming the game <b>GO.</b> In Japan he= met his Canadian wife, Libby. </span><sp= an style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">Back in Germany, he contributed to software development at Deutsche Bahn before founding <b>Smalltalked Visuals GmbH= </b> in 2002.</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" l= ang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">His best-known project:&n= bsp;<b>smallCharts</b> - an impressive example of what is possible with <= b>Smalltalk</b>. Precise, well thought-out, sustainable - all components of his style. <b>smallCharts</b> = ;was a graphics tool developed by Christian which created <b>premium financial performance charts<= /b> for the financial print media.</span><span style=3D"color= : rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">In the last 10 years of his life in L=C3=BCbeck, Christian became more and mo= re interested in simplifying existing digital information for the common good through transparency, open data and comprehensive visualizations. <b>PDFtalk</b>, <b>CoVid-19= </b> charts and the budget data portal <b><a href=3D"https:/= /urldefense.com/v3/__http://unsere-gelder.de/__;!!DZ3fjg!9t7b-A_Tf6h_fWvTUs= zNDzY5TrgLbOUyVZHhFepq4vIQIyhnVgZfvdd1MhNOfwGF5fK2YTgqR_Cxj26FB1mtuMAl$" st= yle=3D"color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" moz= -do-not-send=3D"true">unsere-gelder.de</a></b>, all developed to explain and simplify and improve the world using <b>Smalltalk</b>.</span><span st= yle=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">Those who knew him remember his clarity, his passion and the conviction that code was only =E2=80=98good=E2=80=99 = when it functioned and looked great. </span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">Since the beginning of the coronavirus era, we had been meeting regularly in a small online group. These meetings - originally born out of the situation - quickly became a fixed anchor point where we exchanged technical ideas and personal matters. Through these conversations we really got to know Christian: as an attentive listener, clever thinker and warm-hearted person.</span><span style=3D= "color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">It was particularly impressive that Christian also supervised and trained two apprentices during this time - with the same patience, passion and care that characterized him as a person and developer. His presence in our group enriched us - and we will miss him very much.</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></= p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">Christian so enjoyed being part of our community - keep sharing!</span><sp= an style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"EN-US">And with every object, with every clean method, we send him a silent greeting: Thank you, Christian</span><span style=3D"c= olor: rgb(33, 33, 33);" lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang=3D"DE">Marten Feldtman, Thomas Brodt, Peter Ursprung, Joachim Tuchel, Michal Balda, Stephan Eggermont, Sabine Manaa</span></p> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------q4VahyzP8Sz0lm45u0RSBtPE--