Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Jobs

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> writes:
>
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:49:57 -0400, Randy Edwards <redwards at golgotha.net> wrote:
> >    One last comment/article about Dennis Ritchie. With their deaths so close 
> > together, the contrast between Dennis Ritchie and Steve Jobs seems apropos:
> 
> After rms's statement on Jobs[1] (which I basically agreed with), I was
> a little surprised there wasn't one for Ritchie.

I think I'll paraphrase Mark Weiser[2]:

    The most profound [people] are those [who] disappear.
    They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life
    until they are indistinguishable from it.


> [1] http://www.stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html#06_October_2011_(Steve_Jobs)

[2] http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/SciAmDraft3.html

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