From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 15 13:55:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D2B106564A for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BA488FC0A for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws11 with SMTP id 11so2248467vws.13 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:55:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.35.44 with SMTP id e12mr12732957vdj.108.1318686910946; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:55:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.182.129 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:55:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.176.190] In-Reply-To: <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:55:10 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: mikel king Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Roland Smith , FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:55:12 -0000 On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:43 PM, 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. >> >> Alternatively, an tribute on the FreeBSD website would be fitting, wouldn't it? +1 for a dmr release. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/