From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 13 21:41:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED684106566B for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:41:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luchesar.iliev@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8155D8FC13 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyd10 with SMTP id 10so642067eyd.13 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:41:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version :openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UnvOtHtgcxQHkQN6NrHHAzbM6Hrdyk8u88ExKX4J99w=; b=GdsFXVZ99gobVtjQWRarcwEYVFYrBEEPyj4bJrpXEypu6v4EUL67EjJ0+RZEGCdQyS i3DJX7BK8h5ENNLMZh5zq9CEYyTBZbpjelfeBz8ksxBT9L862NChmIotC/sd+u8U/rOz oLj+Wnw85AKXln8kkgE2lvHuRfDDkdxvSxu14= Received: by 10.204.151.217 with SMTP id d25mr4206715bkw.88.1318540349143; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:12:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [79.124.93.41] ([79.124.93.41]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u10sm5297108bkv.3.2011.10.13.14.12.27 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E97543A.4040406@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:12:26 +0300 From: "Luchesar V. ILIEV" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111002 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> X-Enigmail-Version: undefined OpenPGP: id=9A1FEEFF; url=https://cert.acad.bg/pgp-keys/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:41:04 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 13/10/2011 23:38, 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? > > Roland I just (coincidentally) joined the list, and I'm absolutely not the person who can judge how (or if at all) it would be appropriate for FreeBSD to react to Ritchie's passing. However, since my "conversion" to Unix, I've had the highest regard for its pioneers, and therefore, also as a long-time FreeBSD user, would absolutely welcome such dedication of FreeBSD 9.0 or any appropriate tribute to Ritchie. Best regards, Luchesar - -- i.dea.is/luchesar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJOl1QpAAoJENvaS4iaH+7/RSoH/3Z/j6BXyAr7H8cMT0zfnIbW yYBK8rQWb+hNCVBDGkUxgaf0MArAgAlE2X2IijA5cCTgTt1K7VC/zce2Ok/efrx7 oWsLIWtTtGJRQDF6atUV2UmC8wgYaS7ci7gPRtT8sYFeB1lO6kE3fys08PYGxPsU vam2VBMfEg+layCDhWYBtmGisvXq48gTsrgiCDKWEipuF0GQRdzQCDF9gcSjkLfg 1IQxD1FvFMbA+3vEb9FvD/iHVlHRPc6KeBD/sjcAISGNqju3MVyG3XCXR0jQvh0E hZaI/3vRdyRXjMtPH3+hgymbxAFShJL2o2wculbyFkHfhgeZRIffhbWst3xzT54= =pdtg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----