Dedication to ItoJun
October 29th Jun-ichiro “Itojun” Hagino passed away. Itojun was an amazing hacker. I first met him in 1999 in Tokyo when I was working on OpenBSD. I asked “who do I need to meet in Japan” and everyone said, Itojun is the smartest person there.
When I visited Japan he welcomed me and introduced me to the world of technology there. Because of him I was able to establish a base of technical relationships in the country. He had a naturally warm heart, the type of person you immediately liked and remembered.
Since 1999 we stayed in regular contact and he helped many of my friends who visited Japan. The last time I saw him was around Sept 2007 and he told me about his new business. I told him about a problem I was having in Japan and the next day he introduced me to 3 people that could help me. That type of kindness is rare.
I will miss you ItoJun…
November 8th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Has any information come out on how he died?
November 8th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
No. But I don’t think its all that important. Sad regardless of how it happened.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Looks quite young. Though I’ve never met him in person, saw him several times online. Rest in peace.