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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie
From:       Jonas de Buhr <jonas.de.buhr () gmx ! net>
Date:       2011-10-15 17:11:31
Message-ID: 20111015191131.6ec03bd3 () toxic ! dbnet
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Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300
schrieb Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>:

> On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote:
> > On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote:
> >
> > I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the
> > folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is
> > very sad on both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that
> > "Richie might have helped popularise C, but SJ invented the
> > iPhone...which is 10x more useful".
> 
> If you're not insanely rich, nobody cares if you die.  It's not about 
> how much you contributed to human society.  It's about how much money 
> you made.

i don't think its about money, but about popularity. everybody knows
who steve jobs is, thats why his death makes front page. 
average joe doesn't know ritchie and doesn't care about C. 


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