Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:48:18 -0400 From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion Message-ID: <4960302B-0685-4AAD-80FF-5A4BC388058B@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <20111014134123.GC83001@guilt.hydra> References: <20111013234643.GQ14162@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <201110141220.p9ECKsUt039323@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20111014134123.GC83001@guilt.hydra>
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On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 07:20:54AM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote:
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> Y'know, I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to post obituaries on =
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> Yeah, I've just convinced myself. Even if it is generally not =
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Has anyone from the the project weighed in on this yet?
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Mikel King
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