[dpdk-dev] Venky - Urgent Call for Stories

[dpdk-dev] Venky - Urgent Call for Stories

[St Leger, Jim]

Sorry for the very short notice. Forward as appropriate.
https://fd.io/2018/04/in-loving-memory-venky-venkatesan-the-father-of-dpdk/

I will have a chance tomorrow at a memorial service for Venky to share some stories. I need YOUR stories!
If you have one about how Venky impacted you, a debate you had with him on a call or at an event, or whatever, please write up a summary that I can share.

Please send them to me (not reply all please) ASAP.

The memorial is midday on Sunday. I’ll be flying up in the morning.
Do the best you can.

Thanks,
Jim

P.S. Once we can pause and take a breath we want to set some blog site or something f to curate and post these stories. If you are reading this message after Sunday morning and have a story, please send it along regardless. We will find a way to capture and share it.

Re: [dpdk-dev] Venky - Urgent Call for Stories

[Vincent Jardin]

Thanks Jim...

When I started in 2010 with Venky, when we were reinventing the world of 
software networking it was a pleasure to brainstorm with him, to get his 
prototypes and then use them as foundations to build new librairies for 
packet processing.
In fact Venky was someone who wanted to work with people to build a better 
world using all the best we can get from smart brains and technologies. He 
was everywhere when a new first stone was needed and then we could build 
from it. We will continue to build a better world like he wanted us to do.

He is among the few people I could spend hours till late on the phone and 
we were passionnated on building better solutions. He was always availabe 
to meet and to chat. These conversations will miss me but for sure I will 
keep building passionnated innovations like we were used to do.

I do not know how many people understand friendhsip because we love 
technologies made by collaborations but he was such a friend for me.

Merci,