[Info-vax] RIP: Dennis Ritchie (UNIX / C)

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 10/16/2011 7:38 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
> On Oct 13, 9:43 pm, "Forster, Michael"<mfors... at mcw.edu>  wrote:
>> A story from AP:
>>
>> Dennis Ritchie, computer-programming pioneer, dies<http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=CNLtbdwb>
>
> Yep, while everyone went mental when Steve Jobs died on Oct 5, only
> the technical world seems to be aware of the passing of Dennis Ritchie
> on Oct 12.
>
> http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/thedennisritchieeffect/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie
>
> To make matters worse, the world seems to be unaware that Apple's "MAC
> OS X" is based upon UNIX.

Apple's "Mac OS X" is hardly alone in that regard.  There are a number 
of "look alike" and/or "work alike" Operating systems.  Anybody can 
write an O/S and a fair number of people did so.

If people bred the way Operating Systems seem to. . . .  ;-)