Eckart Wintzen R.I.P.
I have just been reading that Eckart Wintzen (on the left of the photo) died very recently of a heart attack. Eckart Wintzen was 68 years old. Eckart was a very unique thinker, non-conformist and businessman. He founded BSO which was later bought by Phillips electronics. Eckart has a dutch wikipedia page but not an english one. So I ran the page through Google translate and it did a pretty good job. His last big project (IMHO) was the Eyecatcher technology, but in his BSO period he was a huge proponent of the cell philosophy which was that BSO consisted of autonomous units. [See: Explanation of Cell philosophy] (Another dutch wikipedia page put through google translate).
Thanks to Guido vn Nispen for the use of this photo under the creative commons license,
posted by Don Crowley at Sunday, March 23, 2008
1 Comments:
Eckart was a very special person to me. Many years ago he mentored/directed me with certain steps in my career.
I remember our first meeting at his mothers kitchen table in the Hague. Born on the same day but in a different year I have spoken de words "gefeliciteerd" (congratulations)with your birthday
many times. No longer! Rest in peace my friend.
Cees van Heemert, Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
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