[Linux-aus] The death of a great man

[David Lloyd]

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 :)

DSL