From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 14 19:08:53 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 6EB82106566C for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from nm2.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm2.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.237.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A2238FC17 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:08:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.127] by nm2.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Oct 2011 18:56:03 -0000 Received: from [98.139.221.70] by tm2.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Oct 2011 18:56:03 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp107.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Oct 2011 18:56:02 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s1024; t=1318618562; bh=eEmPRt+xzo1rXgG/A3QEvgE5ishgh84zGmdYEI6cnmA=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=qwKlAWj8YfemHbz5iI+QNab2vDdbhETGyru6X39ahM91FwcUu/FmG6pqOwpG6plW43fY51LqeVinwSjNM0u4Cb3HuBC5Wcd3XDJR5QAhDSo3tvs3FTtLUeJFBaY9k5o2WaPzNLvUOZYw1Uq05ABTFJIsoJdsYMsSM/FED91APcs= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 910237.92945.bm@smtp107.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 9UJAMSwVM1k7aJpEhRYAvi5clfDyXB2ByB4UMSWp58GZ.GJ RdDX0v4kdC2krndmhor1YA.DOnS_zPgLtEy8jXhPBmVpPNu1sHu.yqPh67tt qJsSE2lWyeMkkwGhYgqgABijDJPx1Lq_kAGMX9EuszEPDVl7igUJ1UaM1C6G 4IH_.Bgl2K7HiBaO62cn3cRJ7OGxBxNZ.2yQJl9UlYuJ0nC3X6sPQRHhqAtO VhGk0.H8Uoq0Uk2q8ixwLtxmiM90l.x3Miyir1StITbH7RAwpf3xugRnk65a 7MvaXhjZk4GFzMBGImPoHThjFnjaITAdrRpwDr.4WNDgXMwwxo9GAIXO3RF7 wSVYhClVlZhW86fU9f98jCduvlqSivJnZuvcEOuqTAjzOkpwbfIiLvnsTbuE eEOJ2Y8opzLOrS7A.Q_He8EEDnptpuw-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- Received: from napoleon (mike.jeays@99.224.68.20 with login) by smtp107.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Oct 2011 11:56:02 -0700 PDT Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:56:02 -0400 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111014145602.37242a23@napoleon> In-Reply-To: <4E98608B.40705@pukruppa.de> References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> <4E98608B.40705@pukruppa.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.4 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 19:08:53 -0000 On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:17:15 +0200 "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" wrote: > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I am strongly in favour of such a gesture, as an exceptional case.