From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RF46d-0002CS-2w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:16:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E83821C1A7; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:16:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B11821C0DD for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:15:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iahk25 with SMTP id k25so4888663iah.40 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:15:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=rOUnbfj2kwDAHnT3CP4HeRK16oPeSAXvP/tdvl7qSgs=; b=d5J4Cb74RGCZwnqZp1K+Dah+dJeuOw6hDZDYD0b39q/nGOaAZXj9jv7Y8KWs0mWDAM 1cP8N3kk2nVqVGV60AX9FzHPCoprlwXWkM1G2qrLFzoDbcO9fHartbFSnoAxOkMeUt36 wdwABiyZRhhEZgHW/ic7lbqnhXgwJUdigpYGA= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.47.206 with SMTP id o14mr5572900ibf.18.1318684538612; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:15:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.39.132 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:15:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111015093304.7ad84101@acme7.acmenet> References: <20111015093304.7ad84101@acme7.acmenet> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:15:38 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dennis Ritchie From: Lorenzo Bandieri To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015176f11287eab1904af562bb3 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e7049dddacc51afe0ff8f91da779df1e --0015176f11287eab1904af562bb3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the recent death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions to the development of computational technologies were not only paramount, but affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we could somehow compensate for the lack of echo of these news in the media, by dedicating some time to celebrate his memory and express our gratitude. I had the same idea, but I didn't resolve to write a thread because I didn't know if it was appropriate. I'm glad you did it. For my part, I'm trying to sensitize the people about the life and work of Dennis Ritchie. Here (in Italy) Steve Jobs' death received much attention on the media, but the death of Dennis Ritchie passed almost unnoticed. I wrote a letter on a newspaper to underline how much we owe to Ritchie. Next week in Italy we'll celebrate Linux Day (http://www.linuxday.it/): in many italian cities there will be demonstrations of the GNU/Linux OS, install fests etc. I'll propose to my LUG to include in the schedule some kind of tribute to Ritchie. Thanks Ritchie, and goodbye. Best regards, Lorenzo --0015176f11287eab1904af562bb3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the recent
death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions to the
development of computational technologies were not only paramount, but
affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we could somehow compensate<= /blockquote>
for the lack of echo of these news in the media, by dedicating some time
to celebrate his memory and express our gratitude.

I had the same idea, but I didn't resolve to write a thread bec= ause I didn't know if it was appropriate. I'm glad you did it.

For my part, I'm trying to sensitize the people abo= ut the life and work of Dennis Ritchie. Here (in Italy) Steve Jobs' dea= th received much attention on the media, but the death of Dennis Ritchie pa= ssed almost unnoticed. I wrote a letter on a newspaper to underline how muc= h we owe to Ritchie.

Next week in Italy we'll celebrate Linux Day (http://www.linuxday.it/): in many italia= n cities there will be demonstrations of the GNU/Linux OS, install fests et= c. I'll propose to my LUG to include in the schedule some kind of tribu= te to Ritchie.

Thanks Ritchie, and goodbye.

B= est regards,
Lorenzo


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