Vaya con Dios, Chema

Chema Celorio, my former boss at Ximian, died skydiving in Mexico.
He was my boss for the second year there, 2001, under the Ximian Setup Tools project. Under his guidance I moved far higher within the GNOME project than I had been. He was fair and funny, although sometimes annoying in that way good managers have to be.
Later, when I went on to KU and looked for something to do (and some spare cash, as students do), he let me keep working as a consultant.
Eventually, he had to force a decision, on my part, on my own usefulness to the company, and based on that I left the company. Something which I greatly regret, but also greatly respect Chema for.

I remember one time he had me call him at the Mexico office, even though I had never made an international phone call, and even though my spanish was not nearly as good as I wanted to pretend it was. I suspect it was just an honest oversight though.

May your spirit soar, Chema.

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Vaya con Dios, Chema

Chema Celorio, my former boss at Ximian, died skydiving in Mexico.
He was my boss for the second year there, 2001, under the Ximian Setup Tools project. Under his guidance I moved far higher within the GNOME project than I had been. He was fair and funny, although sometimes annoying in that way good managers have to be.
Later, when I went on to KU and looked for something to do (and some spare cash, as students do), he let me keep working as a consultant.
Eventually, he had to force a decision, on my part, on my own usefulness to the company, and based on that I left the company. Something which I greatly regret, but also greatly respect Chema for.

I remember one time he had me call him at the Mexico office, even though I had never made an international phone call, and even though my spanish was not nearly as good as I wanted to pretend it was. I suspect it was just an honest oversight though.

May your spirit soar, Chema.

Miguel's blog
Duncan's blog
Nat's blog