This is a bit of old news worth noting.
Gene Kan, Gnutella inventor and a P2P evangelist, died at the age of 25 by his own hand. This is really tragic and a terrible waste in many ways. I've recently been expose to his writings on P2P and have been impressed and inspired.
Boing Boing's Cory Doctrow noted Kan's weblog This Place Sucks is "a wonderful and outrageous tour of Gene's dour wit, uncompromising cynicism and sharp eye for detail." Cory also points out this eulogistic letter by Joey deVilla.
A memorial fund is being set up in Kan's name at UC Berkeley. Donations can be sent to the following address: In memory of Gene Kan; Manager, Gift Stewardship; College of Engineering; University of California, Berkeley; 201 McLaughlin Hall; Berkeley, Calif., 94720-1722. Checks should be made out to "UC Regents" but clearly marked for the Gene Kan fund.
Incidentally CNet just published a characteristically thoughtful and well articulated piece entitled "Writing File Sharing's Final Chapter" that Kan wrote just days before his death.
