Wired.com: Quiet, Sad Death of Net Pioneer

“It’s horribly ironic that the news of Gene Kan’s death has
traveled so slowly–no tributes posted on Usenet, no mention of his
passing at any of the usual geek news sites.

“Perhaps the story of how a 25-year-old genius took his own life
is simply something that is just too difficult for folks to talk
about.

“Kan, peer-to-peer file-sharing programmer extraordinaire, died
on June 29. His professional life revolved around developing new
ways to share information easily and quickly. Thousands of people
use Gnutella to swap files, a program Kan was instrumental in
developing and promoting…”

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