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On 10/14/2011 11:39 PM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote: > Had a little debate, at work, about the importance of the work two men. > Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie. > > Who contributed more to the world and who created more wealth? We all know > who had more money, but who was more important? Both men were giants in their field. Ritchie, in creating Unix and co-creating C can probably be compared to Tesla as Ritchie's inventions are used in almost every computer. In contrast, Jobs was more like Edison. While Apple was essentially the first company to popularize the GUI interface, it was developed by Xerox. Another question is who pissed off Richard Stallman more, Ritchie or Jobs. -- 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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