Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:56:02 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion 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>
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:17:15 +0200 "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <ulrich@pukruppa.de> 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.
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