[32443] in North American Network Operators' Group
The author of PING is reported dead
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue Nov 21 19:37:50 2000
Date: 21 Nov 2000 15:48:10 -0800
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From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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Since many network operators consider PING as one of their essential
tools, I thought this would be of interest to the list.
I haven't been able to confirm this, but I haven't been able
to reach Mike.
Forwarded message:
>Subject: The Creator of Ping is dead...
>
>Mike Muuss, the author of the PING program used on networks everywhere,
>died last night in a traffic accident on US route 95 in Maryland. He was
>an alumnus of Johns Hopkins (BS1978 or 1979 I think).
>
>Funeral arrangements have not been made yet, but I'll probably be going
>back to Maryland almost immediately to attend.
http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/ping.html
