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Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org  Thu Oct 13 18:47:49 2011
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:46:43 -0700
> From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>
> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion
>
> Quoth mikel king on Thursday, 13 October 2011:
> > 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?
> > > 
> > > Roland
> > 
> > 
> > I think this would be a fitting tribute...
> > 
>
> Hear, hear!

I think it's fair to say it would be 'Ritchie-deserved'.

Consider this another opinion in favor of the proposal.