abha ahuja, researcher and operator, died this day in 2001 at a
tragically early age. if you did not know her, search a bit.
she did a lot, and with an open mind and heart.
randy
Brilliant woman with a great sense of humor, just a wonderful person. Deeply missed.
Typing with thumbs...
That was the year when I got my first computer (and thus too young to know
her at that time) but have read quite a lot about her in recent times.
Thanks for the post Randy.
Deeply missed. I can't believe it's been that long.
Op 20-10-13 00:36, Randy Bush schreef:
abha ahuja, researcher and operator, died this day in 2001
All these dear people that have passed away... Makes you think about
your own mortality, doesn't it?
And the list isn't going to get shorter, I am afraid. Kinda depressing...
Perhaps we should create a special remembrance day, once a year, where
we remember all of them?
And carry on with joy on all other days.
FWIIW: I believe that a day to honor everybody is a day that honors nobody.
I met her briefly at the Phoenix NANOG back when. (I want to say she
was speaking with Guy Tal at the time and that's who introduced me but
not sure.) I was shocked to hear that she passed not all that long
afterwards. She was bright and full of energy and not someone you
would expect to see an obituary on just two or three years later.
[resurrecting this thread, as it's been a while since I read nanog-ml,
and this is surprisingly important to me...]
abha ahuja, researcher and operator, died this day in 2001 at a
tragically early age. if you did not know her, search a bit.
she did a lot, and with an open mind and heart.
I met Abha whilst working in Amsterdam (on Squid, doing (consentual!)
transparent reverse proxying for customer websites at a transit
provider. Yes, I know, evil.) I was a bit star struck - I had been
using GateD for three or four years at various ISPs before Europe, and
then one day she casually strolls into the office.
I remember one of our excursions into the city centre (likely to a
RIPE meeting day) and she wondered why the heck anyone would want to
teach a web proxy about AS numbers. She was always energetic and
passionate about whatever we talked about. It was inspiring.
I had just turned 21 shortly before this happened. I had just moved
back to Australia and we had been keeping in touch. Then, this. It was
very sobering.
Sigh.
-adrian
(hi all!)