Subject: SPICE Inventor Died at 79

From: Shlomi Fish <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:07:13 +0200

Donald Pederson, the inventor of the original SPICE program for circuit 
simulation, died at 79:

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/01/05_donpederson.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pederson
(out-of-date)

While I was not aware of his name, as an Electrical Engineering student, I 
actively used a SPICE-clone (PSPICE for Windows) for circuit design for my 
assignments. So I took a moment to comemorate him.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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