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> i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the recent |
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death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions to the |
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development of computational technologies were not only paramount, but |
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affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we could somehow compensate |
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for the lack of echo of these news in the media, by dedicating some time |
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to celebrate his memory and express our gratitude. |
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I had the same idea, but I didn't resolve to write a thread because I didn't |
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know if it was appropriate. I'm glad you did it. |
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For my part, I'm trying to sensitize the people about the life and work of |
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Dennis Ritchie. Here (in Italy) Steve Jobs' death received much attention on |
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the media, but the death of Dennis Ritchie passed almost unnoticed. I wrote |
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a letter on a newspaper to underline how much we owe to Ritchie. |
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Next week in Italy we'll celebrate Linux Day (http://www.linuxday.it/): in |
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many italian cities there will be demonstrations of the GNU/Linux OS, |
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install fests etc. I'll propose to my LUG to include in the schedule some |
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kind of tribute to Ritchie. |
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Thanks Ritchie, and goodbye. |
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Best regards, |
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Lorenzo |