From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 14 16:17:16 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 0400F1065674 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.de) Received: from pukruppa.de (pd95cabe3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.92.171.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A3858FC17 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:17:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pukruppa.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pukruppa.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p9EGHF1P049821 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:17:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.de) Message-ID: <4E98608B.40705@pukruppa.de> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:17:15 +0200 From: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110921 Thunderbird/6.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 16:17:16 -0000 On 13.10.2011 23:43, mikel king wrote: > > 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. I believe this would be an appropriate gesture. Regards Peter. -- Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany