On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 07:20:54AM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote:
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>> I think it's fair to say it would be 'Ritchie-deserved'.                     
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> I'm conflicted about whether that's a good pun or a bad pun.                  
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>> Consider this another opinion in favor of the proposal.                      
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> Y'know, I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to post obituaries on           
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> official FreeBSD related Websites, but if it is, I can think of no better     
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> time than now -- in honor of Dennis Ritchie, one of the most important        
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> figures in all of Unix development, influential beyond what anyone is         
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> likely to fully realized even outside of the Unix lineage itself.             
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> Yeah, I've just convinced myself.  Even if it is generally not considered     
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> appropriate, I think making an exception in this very exceptional case is     
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> difficult to resist.  I'll offer my voice in the chorus of support as         
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> well.                                                                         
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Has anyone from the the project weighed in on this yet?


Regards,
Mikel King
BSD News Network
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