Re: In memoriam David Terán

Hi Ralph,
I met David and the "German guys" (Ulrich, Matthias and Atze) at  
WWDC04 thanks to Atze. I only met him once since then, but we stayed  
in touch.
Even if I don't know him for a long time, I really feel like I lost a  
closed friend.
The only thing I could say is thanks a lot David for every moment,  
for your help and support, for giving me some really good advice, and  
more than this, for spending a couple days here in Grenoble last  
year. I'll be missing you too.

Xavier


> Hello everybody,
>
> I would like you all to take a short break from the usual  
> development issues and bear with me for a short moment.
>
> Today I learned that David Terán, an extremely talented WO  
> developer, a very valuable contributor to this list and the WONDER  
> project and a friend of mine and many others on these lists, has  
> passed away on December 19, 2005. This came completely unexpected  
> for me and certainly to many other people because he was humble  
> enough to stay silent about the cancer he was suffering from.
>
> I think almost everybody who was subscribed to this list in the  
> course of the recent years has somehow recognized him. The archives  
> of both mailing list are full of helpful advice and answers he  
> provided to many people. Many developers (including myself) have  
> benefitted a lot from the discussions with him and the answers he  
> provided.
>
> Those of you who have had the chance to meet him at various Wocoa  
> developer meetings and other opportunities will probably remember  
> him as an extraordinarily intelligent, humorous and very nice  
> person with whom it was always a pleasure to hang out.
>
> I have had the pleasure to work with him for more than a year and I  
> really enjoyed it and had a great time with him. I'm missing a  
> friend and a mentor. My heart is full of sorrow and I'm still  
> completely flummoxed. People just don't die in their 30s - there  
> are too dreams that need to come true, too many crazy ideas,  
> there's still so much you want to do, so many things to check out,  
> YOU WANT TO LIVE!
>
> In our time, there's always something important to do, and there's  
> always a tomorrow and another time to make things right, to thank a  
> friend for everything he's done for you. "It's just not _that_  
> important now, I can do that later" - and all of a sudden, it's  
> over. Sometimes, destiny does not wait for you until you got the  
> "important" things done.
>
> Keep this in mind, be grateful for the gift of life and all the  
> opportunities and chances it gives you, tell your friends and  
> family what they mean to you, say "thank you" when it's due and  
> check your schedule and your priorities. Many things in life are  
> really much less important than they may seem at first sight. Use  
> your chances while you can.
>
> Thanks David - for all your help, for the great time I had with  
> you, for many heated discussions, for your advice, for the fun we  
> had, for the hard times we had and simply for being what you were.
>
> We'll be missing you.
>
> Ralph