[Discuss] Fwd: Re: Dennis Ritchie, Creator of UNIX and C, Dead at 70

[Jack Coats]

I met Dennis once, it was after he was burned out but still a
spokesman for Bell Labs.
Great guy to have lunch with and swap war stories.  I hope we all can
be a nice a
person and anywhere near as technically competent.

He is missed.

><> ... Jack
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23

"You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people."
"It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission" — Grace
Hopper, US Navy Admiral
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:50 AM,  <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote:
> The death of one of the truly great ones in our industry. I owe so much to
> this man's work that there is no way to express my sense of loss.
>
> Why is it that the people who contribute so much tend to profit so little?
>
> If there was justice, Richie would be alive today and as rich as Bill Gates.
>
>
>> I just saw this on GNHLUG. Dennis was a giant in our industry.
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:      Re: Dennis Ritchie, Creator of UNIX and C, Dead at 70
>> Date:         Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:39:55 -0400
>> From:         Jon "maddog" Hall <maddog at li.org>
>> Reply-To:     maddog at li.org
>> Organization:         Linux International
>> To:   redwards at golgotha.net
>> CC:   gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Wikipedia has his death listed as December 9th, with attribution to an
>> announcement made by Rob Pike via Google +.
>>
>> I trust Rob to have verified it.
>>
>> Sorrow can not describe the feeling I have now.
>>
>> md
>>
>> On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 21:15 -0400, Randy Edwards wrote:
>>>  OS News is reporting this as unconfirmed:
>>>  <http://www.osnews.com/story/25232/Dennis_Ritchie_Creator_of_UNIX_and_C_Dead_at_70/>.
>>>
>>>
>>
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