The PEAR Project mourns the loss of Bertrand Gugger
The PEAR Project has lost a member of its community. Bertrand Gugger (toggg) passed away in the night from June 16th to 17th after suffering a heart attack.
Bertrand was involved in the maintenance of several important PEAR packages, including the Validate package family.
He leaves behind a wife and four children, who have our deepest sympathy. He will be missed.
The SPIP project, where Bertrand was involved as well, has compiled a list of his achievements as a tribute to him. It is available at
http://www.spip-contrib.net/Les-Projets-de-toggg.
June 17th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Bertrand nous a quittés…
Bertrand Gugger, plus connu sous l’alias toggg, était impliqué dans PEAR par son travail sur plusieurs paquetages.
Il nous a quittés soudainement dans la nuit du 16 au 17 juin 2007. Nos pensées vont vers sa femme et ses enfants.
Adieu Bertrand.
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June 17th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
We have lost a friend! Toggg, you will be missed!
–Marcelo
June 17th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Having met Bertrand in person, and communicated with him on IRC over the last 3-4 years, I am deeply saddened by this news.
Toggg was a good coder and was passionate about the community and the integrity of the code that was being developed. We will all miss his presence.
Sympathies to his family.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:35 am
[...] Gugger, better known to many as toggg, passed away on Saturday night from a heart attack. Bertrand was a contributor to PEAR, jQuery, TikiWiki and SPIP, who have [...]
June 18th, 2007 at 3:51 am
I’m so sorry. I remember discussing many interesting topics online with him. We didn’t talk recently but I always appreciated his efforts on making the world a better place for all of us by his contributions to all the open source stuff he has been working on. toggg, we’re gonna miss you a lot.
June 18th, 2007 at 4:55 am
4 projets open sources sont en deuil…
C’est dans la nuit du 16 au 17 juin que le c?ur de Bertrand toggg Grugger a cessé de battre. Il était impliqué dans les projets pear, tikiwiki, SPIP, et jQuery.info.
Outre les pages dédiées à sa mémoire sur les projets cités ci-dessus,……
June 18th, 2007 at 7:49 am
[...] here, here, here and here is more information about his contributions to the PEAR project and personal [...]
June 18th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
i’m so sorry..
:’(
June 27th, 2007 at 11:00 am
I did not know the man but just wanted to pay my respects to a guy who helped create something I couldn’t do without.
June 29th, 2007 at 10:25 am
[...] and the loss of Bertrand Gugger. [...]
June 30th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I didn’t know toggg, but wish him some place in heaven for helping so many benefit from his work. Deep condolences and strength to his family & loved ones.
July 2nd, 2007 at 6:58 am
God’s mercy upon him all the time and God let him always rest in peace !
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:14 am
Thank you for your great service to the PHP community.
July 5th, 2007 at 6:05 am
Lorg, rest Bertrand soul in your Kingdom of Peace!
July 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I have never heard of him, nor of this project, until just now. I am a 12 year old programmer, and I do work in C++ and PHP. I am sad at the loss of another coder. May you and your soul rest in peace, toggg.
July 8th, 2007 at 11:35 am
So sad… I have just read old mail from him where he was explaining me so kindly how to modify my sources to meet pear cs… :/ rest in peace Bertrand and thanks for all you made for the open source community.
COil
July 16th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
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July 24th, 2007 at 6:54 am
What about his family? Need something/help?
July 25th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Wow. So strange to be wondering why he hasn’t responded to my email and then to find this on the Pear website. He was such a character - strong opinions, solid code, and a love for Pear. I guess we won’t get to open a bottle of champagne together to celebrate Net_Monitor going public after all. So strange to miss a man I never met in person. My sympathies are with his family.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Ooops! He is living. With php code.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:26 am
Damn! It was more than a month. I never know about this, why so!?
toggg is my buddy, much conversations has made on many topics at IRC. He also pushed me to be a good developer. He is not only a good coder and a good friend, I can talks anything with him and I have learn many stuffs from his experiences.
So this is why I never seen him at IRC anymore when I’m back to IRC after few months away. I’m really sad to heard this news, we’re gonna miss you. Good bye my friend
My deepest sympathies to his family.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
I don’t know him but I thank him for all his great works done for Pear and open source community.
Respect to him, my sympathies to his family.
July 31st, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Rest in peace man
So sad.
Is there talk of how his Wife and Kids are to be cared for. I understand France has a pretty good Welfare system if worst comes to worse, but maybe the Open Source community should at least pass a hat around to help out with the funeral costs. Its the least we can do to repay him.
Man. So much of the net uses that Validation library. Bertrand might not of known it, but he made a difference in the world.
Sleep well toggg
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 am
I agree on the donation, it won’t replace a father, but it might give some relief to her wife and the 4 kids she will have to raise on her own…
August 7th, 2007 at 12:11 am
I’ve never heard about him but I want to extend my deepest sympathy to his family.
August 7th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
A world’s loss!!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I don’t know him but i am really saddened about this.May his soul rest in peace and my deepest sympathies to his family…
toggg you will be missed…
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:05 am
I am very sad to hear about this. Also my deepest sympathy to his big family. His children and grand children.
All that said - It is great that he was known and respected by so many people around the globe.
Thank you and sleep well toggg.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:37 am
I dont know him, but I would like give my respect to him, wish all the best to his wife and children.
September 6th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Felt very unhappy. And it is a great loss to the developers community. I pay homage to rest his soul in peace.
September 7th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Good by toggg.
He and his work have helped thousands around the years… I higly recommend the financial contribution, if its not for people like him, alot would not be able to stand on their feets when it comes to programming. And after all, the community is about contribution. Please let us know if there would be any way to donate. The world must know that free work should not go unpaid.
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
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