RIP Dennis Ritchie and Steve Jobs. Richard Stallman, free software pioneer, write on his blog: Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.
http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html#06_October_2011_%28Steve_Jobs%29 On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dennis Ritchie is also the winner of Turing Award. We never forget his > contribution. > . > . > R.I.P Dennis Ritchie > > ---------- > Sent via Nokia Email > > ------Original message------ > From: Prof. Partha <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011 1:26:38 PM GMT+0530 > Subject: [FOSS Nepal] Dennis Ritchie > > 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/ > > -- > 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/ > -- Regards, Ashish Bista Weblog: ashishbista.com.np Twitter: twitter.com/poisonta03 -- 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/
