- Peter Millard
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name = Peter G. Millard
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birth_date = birth date|1971|10|7
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death_date = death date and age|2006|04|26|1971|10|7
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known_for =Jabber instant messaging development
occupation =Computer programmer
nationality = AmericanPeter G. Millard (b.
October 7 1971 ,Buffalo, New York - d.April 26 2006 ) was one of theJabber protocol's creators and designers.Millard grew up in
Amherst, New York and graduated from Sweet Home High School. He earned aBachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from SUNY in 1993. He married Christina DeMunda, a teacher of mathematics at Thorton High school, in June 2002 and their daughter, Zoe Mackenzie Millard, was born in November 2005.Millard actively took part in the development of the open standard instant messenger
Jabber /XMPP . He was also the creator and the maintainer of Exodus, afree software Jabber client for Windows.Millard died, aged 34, from interstitial lung disease following treatment for extragonadal germ cell cancer originally diagnosed in August 2005.
External links
* [http://www.pgmillard.com/blog/ Peter Millard's Blog] (offline, try [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.pgmillard.com/blog/ archive.org] )
* [http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2006-04.html#2006-04-27T09%3A15 Announcement of his death on Peter Saint-Andre's blog ]
* [http://www.legacy.com/denver/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=17564479 Denver Post-News Obituary]
* [http://www.pgmillard.com/blog/?p=56 Millard's blog entry on original cancer diagnosis]
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