The Saddest News
Not all blogs entries are pleasant or easy to write.
Today we got the saddest news. One of our own, Steve Goldman, passed away while on vacation. He was 56. He is survived by his wife, Gretchen Niver, and their two nieces.
Steve has been working on Java and HotSpot since 1999. He was initially part of the runtime team and then moved to the compiler team. His contributions to HotSpot are too many to enumerate. HotSpot would just not be what it is if Steve had not worked on it. You can read his blog here.
Steve and I shared a hobby: aviation. He was an avid pilot and for the past two years he has been building his own Velocity. Here he is, in his partially-constructed Velocity, after he installed the control stick.
As another colleague today said, Steve's passing is a huge loss to Sun and the world. I could not agree more.
Steve, we will miss you. In fact, we miss you already. Wherever you are, may the winds be calm and the skies clear.
Godspeed.
Posted at 01:01PM Jun 30, 2008 by tony in Sun | Comments[3]
This is indeed sad news and unexpected. i enjoyed reading his blog. My condolosences to his family. a huge loss for Java comunıty too.
Posted by ahmet on July 01, 2008 at 07:45 AM EST #
Steve will surely be missed. He was a man of many, many talents and just a joy to know.
Posted by Denise on July 16, 2008 at 12:42 PM EST #
I didn't know him, but read his blog, very interesting.
And have been using JDK and his work is rooted there, I found it very sad this happens. My condolences to his family.
Claudio Miranda
Posted by Claudio Miranda on July 16, 2008 at 12:58 PM EST #