On Saturday 15 Oct 2011 18:43:06 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Jonas de Buhr <jonas.de.b...@gmx.net> [11-10-15 19:16]: > > Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300 > > > > schrieb Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@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. > > It is, as Dennis Ritchies said: > > "Unix is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius – or at any rate a > programmer – to understand and appreciate the simplicity." > > (Source:"http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Unix-ist-einfach-zum-Tode-v > on-Dennis-Ritchie-1360366.html)o
It's in the media, but unlike Jobs it is under Technology, not under 'celebrities'. -- Regards, Mick
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