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Also known as Ian Ashley Murdock

American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)

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Ian Ashley Murdock (1973–2015) was an American computer scientist, engineer, and programmer. Born in Constance, he was educated at Purdue University. His notable works include the Debian Manifesto and *The Linux sampler*. Murdock served as an employee of Sun Microsystems.

He died on December 28, 2015, in San Francisco. The manner of death was suicide, with the cause listed as hanging to death. Murdock was a male who spoke English and had three children.

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  • The Linux sampler

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Key facts

Born
Ian Ashley Murdock , ( 1973-04-28 ) April 28, 1973, Konstanz , West Germany
Died
December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) (aged 42), San Francisco , California, U.S.
Alma mater
Purdue University ( BS )
Occupation
Programmer
Known for
Debian
Spouse
Debra Lynn Roundy ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Ian Ashley Murdock (April 28, 1973 – December 28, 2015) was an American software engineer, known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ian Murdock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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