My heartfelt condolences to the Atul's family, friends and the team at PCQ.
Atul Chitnis, thank you for your writing and introducing me and many others in India to FOSS.
Peace and Goodwill.
R.I.P Atul Chitnis : The Man Who Changed the Open Source World
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#42RIP Atul. Like many others, PCQuest with the bundled CD's was a special joy every month.
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#43I learned much from PCQuest during its early years. Thank you Atul Chitnis.
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#44I hold Atul and Kiran Jonnalagada as the key reasons why I eventually gave up on my Accountancy degree and took the plunge into learning about programming & technology. Reading their articles in PCQuest and CHIP about the "magic" of technology, about the joys (and challenges) of working with FOSS/Linux and other such topics was something so alien to the grinding frustration of being a Chartered Accountant that eventually I just had to find out for myself whether it was all true.
I'm now completing a decade working in Technology and I honestly cannot see myself doing anything else.
I was lucky enough to meet Kiran a few years back and thank him (maybe not strongly enough) for helping me find my calling. I had hoped to eventually meet Atul and thank him as well - that I will never get the chance to so I will regret for the rest of my life. R.I.P Atul - "I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done. It is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." ('A Tale of Two Cities')
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#45Here is another obituary to the legendary hero by the co-founder of HasGeek and one who knew Atul Chitnis for a very long time http://www.nextbigwhat.com/atul-chitnis-obituary-297/
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#46Does anybody know what changes Atul Chitnis has caused in the open source world? Edit: the man has a wikipedia page, for the curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Chitnis
He chaired the committee that ran and organized foss.in - (un)arguably India's greatest open source event. Held every December, it attracted thousands of students and working professionals from across the country. It helped set the image of Linux and the wider OSS community fairly high in the country. I remember going to my first foss.in in 2008. It was brilliant and I felt exhilarated that I could meet with people l…
I traveled to India to speak at foss.in years ago. It was a great experience. And I got to visit his house for a party with many of the people that helped make the conference happen--all fond memories.
It was clear from seeing people interact with Atul that people really respected him.
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#47I'm not sure if it's just me, but the first sentence;
> NextBigWhat records with sadness the demise of Atul Chitnis, a passionate technologist who spent much of his lifetime popularizing free and open source software.
To me sounds awful. Demise always sounds like what you expect some evil genius to say in a film or something.
Anyway, RIP Atul. The Open Source community owes you a great deal.