Re: [Discuss] Econonomic contribution

2011-10-15 Thread b p
Let's not forget that Ritchie created the very platform/foundation that apple heavily relied on. --- On Sat, 10/15/11, Daniel C. dcrooks...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel C. dcrooks...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Discuss] Econonomic contribution To: ma...@mohawksoft.com Cc: discuss@blu.org

Re: [Discuss] Econonomic contribution

2011-10-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 10/15/2011 07:37 AM, b p wrote: Let's not forget that Ritchie created the very platform/foundation that apple heavily relied on. And what was that. The original Apple platforms, Apple II, Lisa, and Mac were not Unix based. Additionally, AFAIK, the Lisa used Pascal. I'm not sure when Apple

Re: [Discuss] Econonomic contribution

2011-10-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 10/14/2011 11:39 PM, ma...@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

Re: [Discuss] Recommendations for IPv6?

2011-10-15 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of John Abreau Any recommendations for the server OS? All OSes support IPv6 natively, very well now. Every flavor of Linux, Windows, Mac, Solaris, etc. Um... Disclaimer: Not all

Re: [Discuss] Server Room Power

2011-10-15 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:08:05AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: We are running 2 208VAC circuits. We have 7 old Intel Whitebox systems ... (http://goo.gl/L3GpJ). I preferred the 5-20R because all of my systems can plug directly into it without me having to add additional cables. 5-20R are

Re: [Discuss] Econonomic contribution

2011-10-15 Thread Tom Metro
ma...@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... Looking at it from the perspective of general consumers (not developers, which is a much smaller audience), this is an

Re: [Discuss] Econonomic contribution

2011-10-15 Thread Daniel C.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM, b p bruc...@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