tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post2739846868673147924..comments2024-03-29T05:14:10.903-07:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: My father, Ted Linden, 1938 - 2009Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-34704531759011643942010-09-29T15:29:07.818-07:002010-09-29T15:29:07.818-07:00Hi Greg - I just found your article while I was go...Hi Greg - I just found your article while I was googling for "haunt" and "parc". My dad worked at PARC also, and he would bring me and my brother in on weekends and we would log into the mainframe from empty offices. I loved Haunt and Maze War. I remember the Alto and the Dandelion and those gigantic hard drives (1 megabyte of information on something as small as a car's wheel!). My dad was a gifted programmer who passed away 2 years ago as well. I think of him every day. Thank you for your post. It has brought a big smile to my face!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653900206107661221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-17521730740704134462009-12-14T22:35:16.872-08:002009-12-14T22:35:16.872-08:00Dear Greg,
What a beautiful writer you are. Your f...Dear Greg,<br />What a beautiful writer you are. Your father was a wonderful, gentle, unassuming and obviously brilliant man. And he and your mother certainly created loving prodigy. He passed away on my birthday, and for some reason I did not see the notice until today (almost a year later). I know you will especially miss him this time of year. <br />I was a Star Consultant at Xerox - but I also started the Hug Monitor program. I am sending you and yours hugs. <br />Many blessings for the holiday season and always.shannonmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925801099922317594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-89238535703333571362009-02-21T23:27:00.000-08:002009-02-21T23:27:00.000-08:00I remember your dad well. I'm sorry he's gone.I remember your dad well. I'm sorry he's gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-73621904938880893662009-02-14T07:34:00.000-08:002009-02-14T07:34:00.000-08:00Greg- My condolences and thanks for sharing ... he...Greg- My condolences and thanks for sharing ... he will be missed .. I'm sure you and your sister will do him proudAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-2790665466867398212009-02-06T06:57:00.000-08:002009-02-06T06:57:00.000-08:00GregI was extremely sad to hear of your dad’s pass...Greg<BR/><BR/>I was extremely sad to hear of your dad’s passing—he was a long time friend of mine (over 34 years). Please know that your mom, you & Jen have my sincerest condolences. I will miss Ted very much – he left us much too soon. Your dad & I first met at a briefing I gave at NSA in the early 70’s and, thanks to that briefing, we met again in 1975 when your dad and Denny Branstad (a mutual friend & colleague of both of us) hired me at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) where they were both moved from NSA to establish NBS’ computer security program.<BR/><BR/>Your dad was everything you said about him—I couldn’t have said it any better than you did. To me, he was a good friend and mentor. We sat across the hall from each other at NBS, talked often, and worked together on several projects. You mentioned the ACM paper you dad wrote—I recall reviewing several drafts of that paper for your dad as it evolved. It was a fantastic paper. I do not know if it is still available through ACM Computing Surveys, but NBS (now NIST) published a version of the paper in August 1976 that is still available at:<BR/>http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/history/lind76.pdf<BR/><BR/>After he and your mom moved to Palo Alto, we maintained our friendship as best we could living on opposite coasts but we tried to see each other when we traveled to each other’s side of the country. I fondly recall the times I visited with Ted & Betty (most of the time on business-related travel), as does my wife Viv when she had the opportunity to travel with me. <BR/><BR/>It is difficult for me to accept that Ted is no longer with us but he leaves a professional and personal (i.e., his extended family) legacy that I am sure you are all extremely proud to be part of. Ted was, above all other things, a loving family oriented person & I know he thought the world of all of you. During our most recent discussions, the primary topic was not “work”, but family. <BR/><BR/>As a closing thought, while Ted has physically departed this world, he lives on in all of us that knew him.<BR/><BR/>Stu KatzkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-58070731234543939582009-02-01T17:18:00.000-08:002009-02-01T17:18:00.000-08:00Greg, Apologies for my foregoing message. I have a...Greg, Apologies for my foregoing message. I have absolutely no idea why I referred to you as "Matt". PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-12944315176382775632009-02-01T14:16:00.000-08:002009-02-01T14:16:00.000-08:00Matt, You have done a wonderful thing for your fat...Matt, You have done a wonderful thing for your father by posting your message and letting us add to it. I go back into the 1970s with Ted -- who was seriously involved with secure operating systems and interacted wonderfully with Karl Levitt and me at SRI. He was always pushing us to work on hard problems. He was clear a good father and a joy to your mother. Please help her through what must be a very difficult time. Best wishes always. Peter NeumannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-38220192425315231552009-02-01T10:38:00.000-08:002009-02-01T10:38:00.000-08:00It is a wonderful tribute that you reminisce the h...It is a wonderful tribute that you reminisce the happy times... As we age, we men seem to always have an arms-length relationship with our fathers, and both fathers and sons have our little creases. A father as a mentor is a wonderful tribute indeed. Remember the good times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-14511056736390915912009-01-31T14:32:00.000-08:002009-01-31T14:32:00.000-08:00My condolences, Greg...what a wonderful tribute to...My condolences, Greg...what a wonderful tribute to his memory. Thanks for sharing.MParekhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481233779589178146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-34811913548541401622009-01-29T10:21:00.000-08:002009-01-29T10:21:00.000-08:00Greg,This is beautiful. His obituary was also amaz...Greg,<BR/>This is beautiful. His obituary was also amazing. I have been in the presence of a few "inventors" of Silicon Valley-or so I thought- prior to meeting your dad, but now I realize I was honored to meet the man who paved the way for many of them- Mr Ted Linden. I was also honored just to know him as Betty's husband, Jen and Greg's father and grandpa to three cute little ones and to sit with him and see his quiet grin. <BR/><BR/>KellyFresh Brewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080993402849610829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-34844924332006368152009-01-26T16:06:00.000-08:002009-01-26T16:06:00.000-08:00Condolences, Greg.Condolences, Greg.Chris Sivorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340169647728511825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-31451743305945073052009-01-26T00:26:00.000-08:002009-01-26T00:26:00.000-08:00Greg,In the mid 1980s, I worked with your father a...Greg,<BR/><BR/>In the mid 1980s, I worked with your father at Xerox. He and I, along with Larry Garlick and Victor Schwartz, worked for Leo Nikora, managing the group that built some of the first LAN server products ever sold, including email, print/file servers, and what we would now call DNS name servers. He made a lot of important contributions to the architecture and was a good colleague and a friend. I haven't seen him for many years, but was sad to hear of his recent death. He was a good man.<BR/><BR/>Dave RedellUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209224324711995757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-19841984521737828882009-01-25T23:28:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:28:00.000-08:00Greg-My condolences.I am sorry to hear your loss. ...Greg-<BR/>My condolences.I am sorry to hear your loss. May his soul rest in peace.<BR/><BR/>-AtulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-61683505118080111792009-01-25T18:00:00.000-08:002009-01-25T18:00:00.000-08:00Dear Greg:Your eloquence reminds me of your mother...Dear Greg:<BR/><BR/>Your eloquence reminds me of your mother (who I've know for more than 40 years). She is a special person -- fine, smart and kind -- who always had a way with language. <BR/><BR/>I was in your dad's company only a few times, but it was enough to know he was a man of quality. <BR/><BR/>I am so sorry for your loss. You, Jen and your mother were blessed to have had him and now are blessed to have each other.<BR/><BR/>Roz PotischmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-3639863831793491422009-01-25T16:42:00.000-08:002009-01-25T16:42:00.000-08:00Greg -- I'm sorry for your loss. It is great to s...Greg -- I'm sorry for your loss. It is great to see, though, his influence and passion live on through his children and, as you say, grandchildren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-67269676667018423482009-01-25T12:48:00.000-08:002009-01-25T12:48:00.000-08:00What a beautifully written post. I didn't know you...What a beautifully written post. I didn't know your father but I wish I did; it sounds as though he was a great man who achieved many great things. I'm not surprised you and your sister were inspired to follow in his footsteps. So sorry for your loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-57021898351738610772009-01-24T21:20:00.000-08:002009-01-24T21:20:00.000-08:00Greg,My condolences. Thanks for writing this proud...Greg,<BR/><BR/>My condolences. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing this proud post. <BR/>Can say this as a parent that for all his achievements this would mean more to him than any of his work. <BR/><BR/>Best wishes to you and your family..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-46195647831194623002009-01-24T18:59:00.000-08:002009-01-24T18:59:00.000-08:00I am sorry for your loss. Quiet competence is a wo...I am sorry for your loss. <BR/><BR/>Quiet competence is a wonderful antidote for our celebrity driven culture.<BR/><BR/>It's our challenge as sons to carry on alone, preserving the hard won wisdom of our fathers and grandfathers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-145231743129289012009-01-24T18:11:00.000-08:002009-01-24T18:11:00.000-08:00Greg,I'm very sorry to hear your father died. I wo...Greg,<BR/><BR/>I'm very sorry to hear your father died. I worked at Xerox SDD from 1976 to 1981 on the Pilot operating system for the Star (see <A HREF="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/358818.358822" REL="nofollow">ACM</A>). I did not work directly with your father, but he was a friendly and knowledgeable colleague.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Paul McJonesPaul McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886310964168793420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-10591302788640171122009-01-24T16:01:00.000-08:002009-01-24T16:01:00.000-08:00Greg, I didn't know your father, but now I wish I ...Greg, I didn't know your father, but now I wish I had. Thanks for a thoughtful portrait of his accomplishments and his impact on his children and the world.Jason Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428523509987228615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-81660800850687702972009-01-24T11:50:00.000-08:002009-01-24T11:50:00.000-08:00Hi Greg,I'm sorry for your loss, your father was c...Hi Greg,<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry for your loss, your father was clearly a very interesting guy to say the least. Being able to share a passion with a father and a son is a gift indeed and you wrote about that beautifully. <BR/><BR/>Warm thoughts to you and your family.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828720483305633328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-85110831649567593922009-01-24T08:32:00.000-08:002009-01-24T08:32:00.000-08:00That really sucks. Thanks for sharing some of you ...That really sucks. Thanks for sharing some of you memories. A quiet competence is a hell of a nice epitaph.Todd Hoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729396972174536460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-72824117075931260332009-01-24T07:24:00.000-08:002009-01-24T07:24:00.000-08:00I'm deeply sorry about your loss. I was just readi...I'm deeply sorry about your loss. I was just reading his study when the news stoke the cloud. We lost a great man. Thanks for sharing with us.<BR/>Here is a version on Security and Realiable Systems from '79:<BR/>http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/history/lind76.pdfAdinelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15343265896153333132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-73980897944636695762009-01-24T06:43:00.000-08:002009-01-24T06:43:00.000-08:00Greg, I'm sorry about your loss. I lost my dad to ...Greg, I'm sorry about your loss. I lost my dad to Alzheimer's last year, and I see much my experience in your post.<BR/><BR/>Your dad managed to achieve the best kind of immortality, leaving enough inspiration behind to shared with future generations. That is an example for us all.Daniel Tunkelanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240432137428080022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-55350154654622513872009-01-24T06:39:00.000-08:002009-01-24T06:39:00.000-08:00Thanks for writing about him. While your loss is g...Thanks for writing about him. While your loss is great, he will be remembered.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541692139806137936noreply@blogger.com