I think we should he's done more in a life time than I will likely do, so that has to count for something... the cure for cancer could have been written in a language based on C as a source inspiration butterfly effect thinking :)
--- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Should we really be so grateful for Richie's contributions of C and Unix? > Well, I suppose C wasn't so bad in that was "structured assembler" and made > programming more general and popular, but I think I wrote more bugs and had > more null pointer and corrupted memory crashes in C code than I ever had in > 10 years of assembler coding. Thank heavens C has been relegated to its > rightful place these days of writing system software and not applications. > Unix (and Linux and all the other flavours) eventually grew up, but it took > a while before they had friendly shells and were usable by mere mortals or > non specialists. Who ever worked in old times at the Unix command prompt > running gcc and then had to scroll through the output piped into a text > file? Who ever spent 3 hours trying to get the floppy drive recognised by a > fresh install in a 386. Who ever managed to get Unix to install at all? -- > Greg > > > On 25 September 2013 14:53, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Totally agree with you Scott…I’m never impressed and\or inspired by >> people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs..sure they maybe smart people and >> great leaders BUT so are many other that do not have the wealth like >> them. I have learnt that some businesses can make a lot of money even >> though the poeple involved may not be the reason for its success. For >> example, petrol..do you think the bosses of these companies are great >> people? Petrol sells itself! **** >> >> ** ** >> >> We are all hypnotised by wealth and glamour….so it Google introduced a >> new type of pen..i’m sure they would sell many, even if it was not >> innovative or useful.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Anthony**** >> >> Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others!**** >> >> http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ >> **** >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> NOTICE : The information contained in this electronic mail message is >> privileged and confidential, and is intended only for use of the addressee. >> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any >> disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication >> is strictly prohibited. >> If you have received this communication in error, please notify the >> sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or >> disclosing it. (*13POrtC*) >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Scott Barnes >> *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 September 2013 1:02 PM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Your "hero" - Steve Jobs or Dennis Ritchie?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Slippery slope and objection leading the witness. On one hand yes you >> have a guy who creates the foundation and on the other hand you have a guy >> who could hire the right people to do the jobs he wanted to make happen. I >> think it's not a Zero Sum response but in reality do you celebrate the >> person who made the pencil or do you celebrate the person who used the >> pencil to write the first letter.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> In truth the world gives way to much credit for Steve Jobs. I mean he >> appears to have been a smart executive / leader but i look at the iPhone >> and don't think "Steve made that" ...i think "Jonathan Ive designed that". >> I look at Windows and don't think "Bill Gates made that.." I look at the >> entire Windows team and think "they made that..."**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Today's history is governed by a really good PR team :)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> **** >> >> --- >> Regards, >> Scott Barnes >> http://www.riagenic.com**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> This is really OT, and has probably been circulating for a while – but >> what the hell?**** >> >> Also, I like it; it reinforces my irrational distaste for all things >> Apple. **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> ------------------------------ >> >> Ian Thomas >> Victoria Park, Western Australia**** >> >> ** ** >> > >
