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A while back I asked Clem Cole if we could get Dennis to speak at the BLU, but Dennis told Clem that he was too ill to come. On 10/13/2011 10:50 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/>. >>> >>> >> -- >> Jon "maddog" Hall >> Executive Director Linux International(R) >> email: maddog at li.org 80 Amherst St. >> Voice: +1.603.673.7875 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. >> WWW: http://www.li.org >> >> Board Member: Uniforum Association >> Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) >> >> (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several >> countries. >> (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used >> pursuant >> to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus >> Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis >> (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other >> countries. > > -- Jerry Feldman<gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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