From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnold@skeeve.com (arnold@skeeve.com) Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 03:44:25 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201709100944.v8A9iPeb024293@freefriends.org> Dave Horsfall wrote: > Sadly no longer with us (he exited in 2011), he was forked in 1941. Just > think, if it wasn't for him and Ken, we'd all be running Windoze, and > thinking it's wonderful. > > A Unix bigot through and through, I remain, > > -- > Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." I just want to say that Dennis Ritchie was "a scholar and a gentleman". He was always warm, polite, friendly, and down to earth, both in his correspondance with me, and in direct conversation the few times I talked to him in person at USENIX conferences. He helped out A LOT when I had Unix history questions for whatever books I happened to be writing. Not only to me, of course, but he was that way with everyone. He also had a warm sense of humor, and was very active in the TUHS and Unix history preservation. He continues to be missed. Arnold