This is the best summary I could come up with:

Computing as we know it today was built in no small part by individuals who have written open source software—often for little to no personal financial gain—as well as by developers who use those tools.

Few tools like that are as legendary and impactful as the Vim open source code editor, the first version of which was written and released by Dutch engineer Bram Moolenaar in 1991.

According to a note published by his family to Google Groups this week, Moolenaar passed away on August 3 at the age of 62.

The post did not share his cause of death, stating only that he had been suffering from a medical condition for a few weeks.

The note goes on to say that they are arranging a Dutch-language funeral service in the Netherlands for Moolenaar, but that a date has not yet been set.

According to The Next Web, donations to the charity amounted to about 30,000 euros annually—“enough to help about 50 children finish their education, from primary school to university.”

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