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

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

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/>.
>>>
>>>
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>


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