Gnutella developer dies in apparent suicide

[XT]

Gnutella developer dies in apparent suicide
July 10, 2002 Posted: 2:57 AM EDT (0657 GMT)



SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Gene Kan, a programmer who helped develop the music-swapping Web site Gnutella, died June 29 apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a coroner's spokeswoman said Tuesday. He was 25.

Sue Turner of the San Mateo County medical examiner's office said Kan's death likely would be ruled a suicide, but an investigation was continuing.

Kan was among the first to develop an open-source version of the Gnutella protocol -- a small bit of computer code used by computers for file-sharing.

In June 2000, Kan co-founded Burlingame-based InfraSearch Inc., a peer-to-peer search engine technology company. It attracted high-profile investors such as Netscape alums Marc Andreessen and Mike Homer.

Most recently, Kan worked on advanced projects at Sun Microsystems Inc.

Sun acquired InfraSearch last year.

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[XT]

didnt think to look in the general tech forum.... Thought community was a more appropriate place since this post isnt about a motherboard or ram