Jim McKie

Jim McKie

[Charles Forsyth]

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I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Federico Benavento]

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Rest in peace, Jim, my condolences to his family and friends.

> On 24 Jun 2020, at 21:35, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June. https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk <https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk>
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Paul Lalonde]

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That's sad news indeed.  I haven't seen him in ten years, but always
enjoyed his wry humor. He always made me feel welcome on the community.

Paul

On Wed., Jun. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m. Charles Forsyth, <
charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.
> https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Christopher Nielsen]

Sad news. Thank you for letting us know. I never had the pleasure of
meeting him in person, but I had a lot of respect for his knowledge
and programming.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:36 PM Charles Forsyth
<charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June. https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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-- 
Christopher Nielsen
"They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve
neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the
blood of patriots & tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson

Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[andrey mirtchovski]

Condolences to his family! We exchanged emails (just checking on each
other in these strange times) just a week prior. Must've been very
sudden.

Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Coss, Mike (Nokia - US/Murray Hill)]

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Sad news. Condolences to the family.  He will be missed.

---Michael J Coss
________________________________
From: Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>
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To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

Sad news. Thank you for letting us know. I never had the pleasure of
meeting him in person, but I had a lot of respect for his knowledge
and programming.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:36 PM Charles Forsyth
<charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June. https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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--
Christopher Nielsen
"They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve
neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the
blood of patriots & tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Dan Cross]

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Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear this. How awful! I always thought jmk was a
really friendly and approachable scientist and I enjoyed interacting with
him.

        - Dan C.


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 8:36 PM Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.
> https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Gorka Guardiola]

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Very sad news. He will be sorely missed.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 02:36 Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.
> https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Don A. Bailey]

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So sorry to learn this. My favorite memory of jmk, though I never knew him personally, was from 2003, when I was still learning how to engineer and hack operating system kernels. He and I exchanged emails regarding the best way to audit a kernel’s networking stack, as I had found some bugs in the Plan 9 TCP/IP stack that were remotely exploitable. His point was that I was way over thinking how to implement a working product, and I should focus more on being a *good engineer* rather than being a *perfect engineer*, and not worry so much about how perfect every line I wrote was. I’ll never forget how much that blew my mind at the time, an idea so simple, that even in a place as “elite” (to me) as Bell Labs, perfect was the enemy of good, even if innovation was the goal. A lesson I have carried with me from that day, which may have contributed greatly to the success I’ve had since then. 

Rest in peace, my friend. 

Don A. Bailey
Lab Mouse Security
https://labmou.se/
@InfoSecMouse

> On Jun 24, 2020, at 6:36 PM, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June. https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave]

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Very sad news. Rest in Peace Jim. Condolences to his family and friends. :(

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Richard Miller]

Ouch. It was a great loss to 9fans when Jim decided to stop posting.
In the most heated discussion, he would bring us back to earth with
common sense, kindness and just the right touch of wry humour.

Now an even greater loss that there won't be another chance to have
a beer with him at IWP9.

> From: charles.forsyth@gmail.com
> Date: Thu Jun 25 01:37:15 BST 2020
> To: 9fans@9fans.net
> Subject: [9fans] Jim McKie
> 
> 
> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.

Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[enrique.soriano]

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I'm so sorry to hear this sad news. My heartfelt condolences to his friends and family.

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Rodolfo García Peñas]

Condolences to his family and friends.

Rest in Peace Jim.

Rodolfo.

On 25/06/2020 2:35, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June. 
> https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[David du Colombier]

That's a very sad news indeed. Jim was a very kind guy.
He did a lot of work on Plan 9.

-- 
David du Colombier

Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Skip Tavakkolian]

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I feel privileged to have met Jim and to have learned from him in person
and from the work he left us. His passing is a great loss to 9fans and all
those who had the chance to meet him. My deepest condolences to his family
and friends.

The first time I met Jim was at a (mostly) 9fans event one evening during
Supercomputing in 2005. The second time was enroute to Madrid for IWP9
2006.  On that occasion, out of nervousness and fandom and to the point of
annoyance, I talked and asked him questions incessantly. He was very
patient with me. I had hoped that we might convince him to attend the next
IWP9.  He will be missed.

I've attached a picture from the SC|05 meetup at Pike Place Brewery. I
believe Audrey (nee Andrey :) ) took the picture.

-Skip

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:37 PM Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.
> https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Williams, Mitch]

I had the privilege of interacting with Jim on many occasions in the company of Ron Minnich while work was done to port Plan 9 to some of our minicluster machines which came into existence during the years 2001-2013. Jim was a funny guy, and I always knew I was in the company of Great Minds on those trips. God Bless & rest in peace.
-Mitch Williams
________________________________________
From: Skip Tavakkolian [skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 9:34 AM
To: 9fans
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

I feel privileged to have met Jim and to have learned from him in person and from the work he left us. His passing is a great loss to 9fans and all those who had the chance to meet him. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.

The first time I met Jim was at a (mostly) 9fans event one evening during Supercomputing in 2005. The second time was enroute to Madrid for IWP9 2006.  On that occasion, out of nervousness and fandom and to the point of annoyance, I talked and asked him questions incessantly. He was very patient with me. I had hoped that we might convince him to attend the next IWP9.  He will be missed.

I've attached a picture from the SC|05 meetup at Pike Place Brewery. I believe Audrey (nee Andrey :) ) took the picture.

-Skip

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:37 PM Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com<mailto:charles.forsyth@gmail.com>> wrote:
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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Brian L. Stuart]

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 I never got to know Jim, but I always respected his
contributions. He will be sorely missed.

RIP


     On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 08:37:21 PM EDT, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June. https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk9fans / 9fans / seediscussions +participants +delivery optionsPermalink  

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Dave Lukes]

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Damn. Condolences to his nearest & dearest.

My favourite jmk-ism was when he described C++ as "the flavour of the 
weak" within a certain organisation.

Another random memory:
he re-used the V6 kernel initialisation code as clist blocks for the tty 
driver to eke out the limited kernel address space on non-sep-I&D PDP-11s.
You are not expected to understand this.

Dave



On 25/06/2020 01:35, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June. 
> https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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Re: Jim McKie

[Anthony Martin]

echo farewell | uux - mcvax!rmail jim

Re: [9fans] Re: Jim McKie

[Sergey Zhilkin]

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Sad news.
R.I.P. jmk.


пт, 26 июн. 2020 г. в 03:25, Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org>:

> echo farewell | uux - mcvax!rmail jim
>
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With best regards
Zhilkin Sergey

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Re: [9fans] Re: Jim McKie

[Lucio De Re]

Sad news, indeed.

My condolences to all who will miss him, as I will.

Lucio.

On 6/26/20, Sergey Zhilkin <szhilkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sad news.
> R.I.P. jmk.
>
>
> пт, 26 июн. 2020 г. в 03:25, Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org>:
>
>> echo farewell | uux - mcvax!rmail jim
>
>
> --
> С наилучшими пожеланиями
> Жилкин Сергей
> With best regards
> Zhilkin Sergey
>
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Re: [9fans] Re: Jim McKie

[Sergey Zhilkin]

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http://mirtchovski.com/screenshots/Plan9-jmk.jpg

пт, 26 июн. 2020 г. в 12:21, Lucio De Re <lucio.dere@gmail.com>:

> Sad news, indeed.
>
> My condolences to all who will miss him, as I will.
>
> Lucio.
>
> On 6/26/20, Sergey Zhilkin <szhilkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sad news.
> > R.I.P. jmk.
> >
> >
> > пт, 26 июн. 2020 г. в 03:25, Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org>:
> >
> >> echo farewell | uux - mcvax!rmail jim
> >
> >
> > --
> > С наилучшими пожеланиями
> > Жилкин Сергей
> > With best regards
> > Zhilkin Sergey
>
>
> --
> Lucio De Re
> 2 Piet Retief St
> Kestell (Eastern Free State)
> 9860 South Africa
>
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> Cell: +27 83 251 5824
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Re: [9fans] Re: Jim McKie

[elbingmiss]

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Condolences to the family. Really sad news.
Good bye Jim, thanks for all.
—
Álvaro

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Re: [9fans] Jim McKie

[Scott Schwartz]

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So sorry to hear!  Condolences to his family.


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:36 PM Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am sorry to say that Jim McKie (jmk) died suddenly on 16 June.
> https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-B-McKie?obId=15111702&fbclid=IwAR3d7aHZXEOhYz-ciOrQPh-W1eMw-_8MHiCUdeKOxzLBEI6VGHsSn4aTjdk
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