Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:22:48 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <ulrich@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion Message-ID: <CAAdA2WPVN1exY0b5SUTf7Mg_krS-R6oF1LsXyg=3sK55wTJgzg@mail.gmail.com> 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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--0015174c3db65e916f04af44adfe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 19:17, 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. > > +1 FreeBSD-9 Codename Ritchie. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email. --0015174c3db65e916f04af44adfe--
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