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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 - 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/>. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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