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Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ian Murdock (28 April 1973 ā 28 December 2015) was a German-born American software engineer. He was known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.[1] He was born in Konstanz, Germany.
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![]() Murdock, in interview, April 2008 | |
Born | (1973-04-28)28 April 1973 |
Died | 28 December 2015(2015-12-28) (aged 42) |
Alma mater | Purdue University |
Occupation | Programmer |
Employer | Docker |
Known for | Debian GNU/Linux |
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Murdock died on 28 December 2015 from unknown causes in San Francisco, California at the age of 42.[2][3] Details surrounding his death have not been released. The last tweets at his Twitter account described violent encounters with police.[4] It was reported that he declared an intention to commit suicide over Twitter, but there is as of now no public record of such a tweet.[5] It was reported that police officer found Murdock drunk and that he did not appear suicidal.