Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-28 Thread Joe Wulf
t;Subject: Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers > > > >PS: Anyone knows what is former Borland founder Philippe Kahn up to lately? I >miss Borland products... from the time they kicked the s... out of the >competition (Quattro Pro, and the Paradox database). > >-- user

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-28 Thread Andrew Haley
On 10/27/2011 11:52 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I personally care most about James Gosling, Linus Torvalds, and Mike > Cowlishaw, father of Rexx and NetRexx. Inventors of other languages / > software that I don“t use, are irrelevant. ;-) Well, McCarthy was one of the designers of ALGOL, and in pa

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread g
On 10/27/2011 10:52 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: <> > PS: Anyone knows what is former Borland founder Philippe Kahn up to lately? > I miss Borland products... from the time they kicked the s... out of the > competition (Quattro Pro, and the Paradox database). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 19:16, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/27/2011 03:10 PM, Alan Evans wrote: > > First Jobs, then Ritchie, now McCarthy... Al Gore should be watching his > back... > > > No, Gore has nothing to worry about. > Only the good die young. > > :-) I personally care most about James Go

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/27/2011 03:10 PM, Alan Evans wrote: > First Jobs, then Ritchie, now McCarthy... Al Gore should be watching his > back... No, Gore has nothing to worry about. Only the good die young. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Alan Evans
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > In case you missed it, John McCarthy died at 84. I guess you don't have > to lisp to know about him:-) First Jobs, then Ritchie, now McCarthy... Al Gore should be watching his back... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Aaron Konstam
In case you missed it, John McCarthy died at 84. I guess you don't have to lisp to know about him:-) -- === There's no time like the pleasant. === Aaron Konstam t