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Gene Kan, who in his early 20s transformed Gnutella from a kludgy sprawl to a vigorous Napster subsitute, has been found dead in his apartment. He was 25. He was a true forward-thinker and a great wit. "It pains me to say it," he told The Atlantic, "but I'm going to make an unbiased observation: Industries are occasionally made obsolete by technological advances. Carrier pigeons, for example, are largely on the dole."

Wired News remembers Gene in Quiet, Sad Death of Net Pioneer. And Gene's blog lives on here.

originally posted by judlew