Dennis Ritchie: The shoulders Steve Jobs stood on

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:48 pm

Let us C,
Much ado about Jobs. Not a whimper on the passing of Dennis Ritchie. A sign of the the times. Wake up sheeple!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/innovation/dennis-ritchie-obit-bell-labs/

RBee · Post by **RBee** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:58 pm

Yes, every technology has Ritchie's stamp on it. LAMP * the foundation of Web 2.0/3.0 that current technology bell-weathers are riding (Google search engines, facebook , Amazon, Salesforce etc) wouldn't have happened if not for C/Unix.
But always marketing wins over technology like OS2 was mentioning that every technology Steve marketed was first invented in Xerox. But not many remember or acknowledge the original inventors.

LAMP - Linux/Apache/My SQL/Perl or Python

layman · Post by **layman** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:12 am

Dennis Ritchie: The shoulders Steve Jobs stood on

MadMax;416663Let us C,
Much ado about Jobs. Not a whimper on the passing of Dennis Ritchie. A sign of the the times. Wake up sheeple!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/innovation/dennis-ritchie-obit-bell-labs/

Well said! :thup::thup::thup:

realgoogler · Post by **realgoogler** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:23 am

MadMax;416663Let us C,
Much ado about Jobs. Not a whimper on the passing of Dennis Ritchie. A sign of the the times. Wake up sheeple!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/innovation/dennis-ritchie-obit-bell-labs/

Steve has created products that directly impact millions to whom he is visible.
Ritchie is known to techie folks. Definitely, whoever tasted good bit of C and Unix would remember him.
More the mass... more the hype.

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:49 am

Some related quotes:

Frontend matters than backend ;)

To C, need to pull the head out of the frontend! :)

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:52 am

realgoogler;416703
More the mass... more the hype.

Are you saying that apple the products are for the masses? ;)

Remember sheeple....there is only one desitnation for sheep.....the slaughterhouse!!!! Huaaahahahaha.....Huaaahahahaha

M V · Post by **M V** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:12 am

realgoogler;416703Steve has created products that directly impact millions to whom he is visible.
Ritchie is known to techie folks. Definitely, whoever tasted good bit of C and Unix would remember him. [/quote]
True. When Steve Jobs passed away, almost everybody I knew felt very "sad" and posted on FB. Ritchie's death only drew response from techie folks and mostly those who were familiar with C/Unix. Jobs was known to more people than Ritchie. If people don't know the man, why or how will they mourn him. It is like a popular Bollywood star's passing away vs that of a less known but much more talented theater or regional language artist whose work had a big impact on the acting industry.

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:29 am

modus_vivendi;416713True. When Steve Jobs passed away, almost everybody I knew felt very "sad" and posted on FB. Ritchie's death only drew response from techie folks and mostly those who were familiar with C/Unix. Jobs was known to more people than Ritchie. If people don't know the man, why or how will they mourn him. It is like a popular Bollywood star's passing away vs that of a less known but much more talented theater or regional language artist whose work had a big impact on the acting industry.

I believe that's what the term "the masses" refers to.

realgoogler · Post by **realgoogler** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:43 am

MadMax;416709Some related quotes:

Frontend matters than backend ;)

To C, need to pull the head out of the frontend! :)

When you think about Sholay .. Does Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar strike you ? or Gabbar Singh ?

Old-Spice2 · Post by **Old-Spice2** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:52 am

realgoogler;416727When you think about Sholay .. Does Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar strike you ? or Gabbar Singh ?

Hema Malini if you talk about frontend, Helen if you are referring to backend. :)