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, [email protected] 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<[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: Linux International
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
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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