From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 14 13:48:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B0CD106564A for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:48:20 +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 F09F48FC0C for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:48:19 +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 09:48:18 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) From: mikel king In-Reply-To: <20111014134123.GC83001@guilt.hydra> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:48:18 -0400 Message-Id: <4960302B-0685-4AAD-80FF-5A4BC388058B@olivent.com> References: <20111013234643.GQ14162@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <201110141220.p9ECKsUt039323@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20111014134123.GC83001@guilt.hydra> To: FreeBSD questions 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: Chad Perrin Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:48:20 -0000 On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 07:20:54AM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: >>=20 >> I think it's fair to say it would be 'Ritchie-deserved'. = = =20 >=20 > I'm conflicted about whether that's a good pun or a bad pun. = = =20 >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> Consider this another opinion in favor of the proposal. = = =20 >=20 > Y'know, I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to post obituaries on = = =20 > official FreeBSD related Websites, but if it is, I can think of no = better = =20 > time than now -- in honor of Dennis Ritchie, one of the most important = = =20 > figures in all of Unix development, influential beyond what anyone is = = =20 > likely to fully realized even outside of the Unix lineage itself. = = =20 >=20 > Yeah, I've just convinced myself. Even if it is generally not = considered = =20 > appropriate, I think making an exception in this very exceptional case = is = =20 > difficult to resist. I'll offer my voice in the chorus of support as = = =20 > well. = = =20 Has anyone from the the project weighed in on this yet? Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelking