10 Sep
2017
10 Sep
'17
3:44 p.m.
Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
Sadly no longer with us (he exited in 2011), he was
forked in 1941. Just
think, if it wasn't for him and Ken, we'd all be running Windoze, and
thinking it's wonderful.
A Unix bigot through and through, I remain,
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
I just want to say that Dennis Ritchie was "a scholar and a gentleman".
He was always warm, polite, friendly, and down to earth, both in his
correspondance with me, and in direct conversation the few times I
talked to him in person at USENIX conferences. He helped out A LOT
when I had Unix history questions for whatever books I happened to
be writing.
Not only to me, of course, but he was that way with everyone. He also
had a warm sense of humor, and was very active in the TUHS and Unix
history preservation.
He continues to be missed.
Arnold