After a long illness, Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011), father of Unix and an esteemed computer scientist, died last weekend at the age of 70.
Ritchie, also known as “dmr”, is best know for creating the C programming language as well as being instrumental in the development of UNIX along with Ken Thompson. All of us Linux/Unix lovers owe a lot to this genius who gave us so much. His death follows that of another prominent figure :: Steve Jobs of Apple computers fame. Perhaps the best tribute to Dennis and Steve is the one which says :: Dennis Ritchie: The shoulders Steve Jobs stood on. May their souls rest in peace and guide us. partha -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. S. Parthasarathy 78 Sancharpuri Colony, Bowenpally P.O., Secunderabad 500011,INDIA Phone: + 91 - 40 - 2775 1650 \\ mailto: [email protected] About me :: http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/parthas.htm GPG Public key :: http://algolog.tripod.com/publikey.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
