ThoughtWorks Mourns our Beloved Colleague Aaron Swartz, Responds to MIT’s Statement

by Gary Kopycinski on January 14, 2013

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CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2013. Aaron Swartz, a brilliant 26-year-old software developer at ThoughtWorks and renowned internet freedom activist, committed suicide on Friday, January 11th. ThoughtWorks mourns this tragic loss to his family, friends, co-workers, and the technology and activist communities.