On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Bill Bogstad bogs...@pobox.com wrote:
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.
[snip]
If you think
On Oct 16, 2011, at 8:05 AM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote:
For me, it is more two questions: (1) Which is more valuable form or
function? and (2) Who is most responsible?
I'm with Bill. The comparison is as much a waste of time as pondering
whether Karl Benz or Henry Ford was more important
On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:15 AM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote:
Can it ever be said that it is a waste of time to contemplate the nature
of the world in which we live? Comparing and contrasting Jobs and Ritchie,
is interesting for understanding where we are and why. Its not a matter of
who, but a
On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:15 AM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote:
Can it ever be said that it is a waste of time to contemplate the nature
of the world in which we live? Comparing and contrasting Jobs and
Ritchie,
is interesting for understanding where we are and why. Its not a matter
of
who, but a
On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:57 AM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote:
I'm not sure I agree. Many people can dream and be creative, opportunity
to bring it to fruition is more elusive. It is a mixture of character
and
circumstance. It is not certain that either Jobs or Ritchie, outside of
the
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:
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To: ma...@mohawksoft.com
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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
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
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
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
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?
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Ritchie. Jobs made things pretty, which helped people enjoy using
them (and he was fantastic at it). But the actual work at Apple was
done by other people. This leads to the question of whether vision
and direction (which Jobs provided in spades) should be counted as
less important than
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