May his soul rest in peace. He should have been given all the awards because he created the tools to create the modern Operating Systems to everything that we imagine today.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:39 PM, James O. Coplien <[email protected]>wrote: > To be generous is a freedom. It looks like Steve Jobs separated Stallman > from that freedom. I wonder what that makes Stallman? > > > On Oct 15, 2011, at 11:54 , Ashish Bista wrote: > > 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/ > > > -- > 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/ > -- Rajesh Pandey -- 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/
