Reliable Multicast and 9/11 : On a New Road

Reliable Multicast and 9/11	Wednesday September 14, 2011
I managed to avoid most of the maudlin moaning and jingoistic screaming that took over the media last weekend for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. But I couldn't help thinking about Phil Rosenzweig, who was on AA 11. He was a great guy and a valued coworker. He worked at Sun on the east coast, so I didn't get to see him much, but we traded a fair amount of email. He was a major force behind the Java Reliable Multicast API - that work took a huge hit when his plane hit the world trade center. He is missed. We built a little memorial to him at the Sun campus in Menlo Park. It's now the new Facebook campus. So, folks at Facebook: take care of it and think of Phil as you pass by.

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Phil's memorial bench in Burlington was moved when Sun sold the campus. It was donated to Phil's synagogue in Acton, Ma. In addition, the town of Acton dedicated a memorial this last weekend to the two Acton residents lost in 9/11, Phil and Madeline Sweeney, who was a flight attendant on flight 11, along with all the others killed on that terrible day.

Posted by Brian Utterback on September 14, 2011 at 04:57 PM PDT #

If I click the link (Gosling, James-http://labs.oracle.com/research/features/tenyears/volcd/papers/gosling.htm), It is redirecting to labs.oracle.com. Good comedy :)

Posted by prince on September 15, 2011 at 10:52 AM PDT #

Thanks for remembering!

Posted by Steven Messino on September 16, 2011 at 10:49 AM PDT #

I think the memorial was moved to the Santa Clara campus some time this year.

Posted by Rohan on September 16, 2011 at 12:33 PM PDT #

Correct, Phil's memorial is now right in the middle of Santa Clara campus, in front of the clock tower.

Posted by Sunny on September 16, 2011 at 02:13 PM PDT #

Yes, the bench is in Santa Clara. I went down there to remember Phil on 9/11. http://anywhoidigress.com/2011/09/11/phil/

Posted by Lisa on September 17, 2011 at 02:09 PM PDT #

Sorry to hear, Sun also lost somebody on 9/11. I heard on Twitter, at least one BEA employee at the time was in one of the planes. That makes at least 2 former employees of what is now Oracle.

Posted by Werner Keil on September 18, 2011 at 09:01 AM PDT #

Thanks for posting this, James. I always think about Phil on 9/11. How ironic that Sun had hundreds of employees in the Twin Towers who all got out alive, but poor Phil was on the plane that hit the buildings.

Posted by Linda Popky on September 18, 2011 at 09:26 AM PDT #

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