Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:17:15 +0200 From: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <ulrich@pukruppa.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion Message-ID: <4E98608B.40705@pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com>
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On 13.10.2011 23:43, mikel king wrote: > > On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Roland Smith wrote: > >> With the recent death of Dennis Ritchie, we've lost one of the giants on whose >> shoulders we are standing. But rather that mourn his passing, I think it would >> be proper to remember and celebrate his achievements. >> >> His contributions to the C language and the UNIX operating system are a >> legacy that few can match. >> >> Therefore I would like to propose that the FreeBSD project dedicate the >> upcoming 9.0 release in his memory. I believe this would be an appropriate gesture. Regards Peter. -- Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany
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