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On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Daniel C. <dcrookston at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM, b p <bruce84 at yahoo.com> wrote: >> Let's not forget that Ritchie created the very platform/foundation that apple heavily relied on. > > > I thought about that too, but decided not to mention it. ?Human > civilization is built on a few very simple discoveries and inventions > (fire, the wheel, simple machines) but that doesn't mean that the > people who invented them are necessarily greater, or have contributed > more, to the progress of mankind than someone else. I'm not sure why that sentiment wouldn't apply equally to Steve Jobs 'vision' and his contributions to computing. Or anyone else for that matter. Kind of makes this whole thread a waste of time. Bill Bogstad
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