[Linux-aus] The death of a great man

[Brenda Aynsley]

On 10/17/2011 06:51 PM, David Lloyd wrote:
>
> Hi Bret,
>
> On 17/10/2011, at 3:09 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
>
>> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/business-of-it/2011/10/13/dennis-ritchie-father-of-unix-and-c-dies-40094176/
>>
>> As a day named "The Ada Lovelace Day", exists, perhaps, a "Dennis
>> Ritchie Day", to commemorate him and his work, on 09 September, each
>> year, could be started?
>
> A good idea but we'd need to be careful not to look like we're usurping that other 09 September remembrances going on :)

you mean 9/11 not 9/9 dont you david?  that's if you speak american of 
course.

;)

cheers
brenda


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