From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 14 15:52:27 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 CA1AF106566B for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:52:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B9D28FC19 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:52:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio Connect 7.0.0 patch 1) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:22:13 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) From: mikel king In-Reply-To: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:22:13 -0400 Message-Id: <70234D79-9531-4E6B-AF33-2A399BC0057C@olivent.com> References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> To: Roland Smith X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:52:28 -0000 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. >=20 > His contributions to the C language and the UNIX operating system are = a > legacy that few can match. >=20 > Therefore I would like to propose that the FreeBSD project dedicate = the > upcoming 9.0 release in his memory. >=20 > Alternatively, an tribute on the FreeBSD website would be fitting, = wouldn't it? >=20 > Roland > --=20 > R.F.Smith = http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much = appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: = C321A725) I have placed a notice on BSD News about this suggestion and hopefully = we can get the attention of the developer community. Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelking