What is Ian Murdock?
{{Infobox person | image = IanMurdock.jpg | caption = Murdock, in interview, April 2008 | image_size = 250px | birth_date = {{Birth date|1973|04|28|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|28|1973|4|28|df=y}} | death_place = [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | birth_place = [[Konstanz]], [[West Germany]] | occupation = Programmer | employer = [[Docker_(software)|Docker]] | alma_mater = [[Purdue University]] | known_for = [[Debian GNU/Linux]] }} '''Ian Murdock''' (28{{nbsp}}April 1973 &ndash; 28{{nbsp}}December 2015) was a [[Germans|German]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[software engineer]]. He was known for being the founder of the [[Debian]] project and [[Progeny Linux Systems]], a commercial [[Linux]] company.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://ianmurdock.com/about/ |title = About me « Ian Murdock's Weblog |date = 22 July 2014 |access-date = 31 December 2015 |archive-date = 9 October 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009183841/http://ianmurdock.com/about/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> He was born in [[Konstanz]], Germany. Murdock died on 28 December 2015 from unknown causes in [[San Francisco, California]] at the age of 42.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://blog.docker.com/2015/12/ian-murdock/ |author = Golub, Ben |title = In Memoriam: Ian Murdock |publisher = Docker Blog |date = 30 December 2015 |access-date = 30 December 2015 |archive-date = 13 January 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113172729/http://blog.docker.com/2015/12/ian-murdock/ |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=Debian>{{cite web |url = https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html |author1 = Guerrero Lopez, Ana |author2 = Norwood, Donald |author3 = Tagliamonte, Paul |title = Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock |publisher = Bits from Debian |date = 30 December 2015 |access-date = 30 December 2015 }}</ref> Details surrounding his death have not been released.