Topic: Chris Burnat

[ReetP]

It is with the deepest regret I have to inform you that Chris Burnat passed away on Wednesday 11th June.

Chris had been unwell for some time but despite all his problems he had continued to work on SME until very recently.

As many of you know, Chris had been a long time supporter of SME, and latterly Koozali.

He worked tirelessly in the background, one of the great unsung heroes, and his recent work on v9 has been phenomenal.

Quite simply v9 would be nowhere near ready without is enthusiasm and invaluable contributions to it.

We all owe him the most enormous debt of gratitude.

Though professional in his approach he was never one to make a fuss, particularly as his illness took its toll, and I am sure that if he knew that I was writing this much he would have blown my ears off !

However, his support of both SME, and me personally, should not pass as quietly as he has.

Amongst his wide and varied interests I know that he was a lover of music, and a piano player, a lover of food, loved his weekend retreat to the jungle for time in the bush with his partner, had a keen interest and knowledgeable of local radio, was quietly funny, and an all round lovely man.

He will be sorely missed by us all.

Ironically his last words to me a few days ago were 'I wish I could do a little more SME'.

So do I Chris. So do we all.

https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/vale-chris-burnat

John Crisp
President - Koozali Foundation

[TerryF]

Irreplaceable  to put it simply 'a mate'

[stephdl]

Une personne qui m'a appris la rigueur et la ténacité....Je viens de perdre une partie de moi même.

[Stefano]

Un signore
una saggio
un ragazzino nell'animo, nonostante la sua età
una roccia

A gentleman
A wise man
a "little boy" despite his age
a rock..

will miss him a lot

[nicolatiana]

Un abbraccio a tutta la famiglia e a chi gli voleva bene.

Nicola

[guest22]

Very, very sad news. Wonderful man/on-line friend for many, many years.

guest

[johnp]

Sad to hear, Chris will be missed by me. Great supporter for this distro and his efforts will always be appreciated.

[jameswilson]

My thoughts are with his family and friends

[olddog]

I'll pray for him and his family.  May the Lord keep him.

[chrismaltby]

He will certainly be missed. His attention to detail was second to none.

[marxb]

I met Chris many years ago and visited him in his home @ Balmain to pickup some song cueing software for radio stations that he was distributing at the time.

In our visit together he told me of his interest in linux and some of the challenges he was having with the distros he was using at the time. I told him about SME server and he seemed interested. I was very surprised to later see his name popping up in the forum helping others and his knowledge of & contributions to SME seemed to increase in leaps & bounds.

His dedication will be sorely missed - see you on the flip side Chris.

[CharlieBrady]

Thanks for the anecdote, marxb. We owe you a big debt of gratitude for sending Chris our way - and a huge one to Chris for all he did for us.

[guest22]

With all due respect, it's time to take down the wiki notice and release SME9 in name of Chris as promised.

guest
 

[janet]

With all due respect, it's time to take down the wiki notice and release SME9 in name of Chris as promised.
guest

The release announcement that was sent to various mail lists did include this:

Chris Burnat
============

It is with the deepest regret we have to inform you that on Wednesday 11th June
Chris Burnat passed away. He was one of the most ardent supporters of
Koozali SME Server and we all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.

We dedicate this release of SME Server 9.0 to Chris.
Without him it would be nowhere near ready. If you download and use it,
please remember him and his work, and that of all the other contributors
who work tirelessly to make Koozali SME as good as it is.

We extend our thoughts and deepest sympathies to his family.



...and Chris is also mentioned here, which has a link on the main wiki page
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:9.0

[guest22]

Thanks for that heads up.

However, I somehow did miss the official release announcement here http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/board,28.0.html

or I did miss any announcement at all.. If so, my bad.

guest

(typo)

[TerryF]

or I did miss any announcement at all.. If so, my bad.
guest
(typo)

You did HF

On Distrowatch as well..see here: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08508

[stephdl]

The family of Chris has done a  Tribute video on youtube....I'm always wondering how this talent man was able to do all the activities you will see in only one life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhdENNk_Qo

[guest22]

An amazing man. What a miss....

[stephdl]

Tomorrow it will be a really sad day, one year that we miss Chris... so long old chap

[guest22]

I was thinking the exact same thing. That date was on my mind...

[ReetP]

A very sad day indeed.

FWIW he wouldn't want us sitting around moping - he'd want us to make sure SME survives and be getting on with getting new releases out etc.

Our best tribute to him is to make sure that happens.

[Frank VB]

Just an idea: maybe the best way for us to keep Chris' memory alive is by dedicating every 11th of June as a "Chris' Koozali bug hunting day" (or something similar). Several weeks/days prior to this date we could post the necessary messages asking for as many people as possible to join the effort of finding, solving and verifying as many bugs as possible. 

[ReetP]

Bug hunting indeed.

Right now we need testing and verifications to convert the current Betas.

Anyone who wants to pay their respects can launch in tomorrow.

Any help will be gratefully appreciated....

B. Rgds
John

[guest22]

For the ones that would like get to know Chris...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhdENNk_Qo

[notime4u]

I'm still so impressed that someone so lively brought us a part of his (developed) legacy for our solutions needed in the future.
As you put the youtube contribute video, and the final product SME together it's a really nice mixture of good influences and unselfish hard work that make this product unique. And thereby of course keep me motivated for contributing and participating in the nearby future.

Thanks Chris... RIP

[Stefano]

Hi notime4u, welcome here

I hope to see here around.. about contributing, are you thinking about a donation, being involved or both of them?

[notime4u]

I have my own IT company, so if this product is going to help me and my customers  in raising the value of iT quality than I will definitly make a donation. But I'm hoping thru my busy schedule to post some support or bug related topics as well.

[Stefano]

you are welcome in any case.. SME is a rock solid product, but it can be improved with everybody's help