Nice to see it being recognise on Stuff as well<br><br><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/5784409/Computing-pioneer-Dennis-Ritchie-dies">http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/5784409/Computing-pioneer-Dennis-Ritchie-dies</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Gary T. Benner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gary@benner.co.nz">gary@benner.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif">Hi all,</span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif">Had to get this from the BBC ... local news is not hot on this stuff.</span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15287391" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15287391</a></span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif">"<span style="color:#800000">Pioneering computer scientist Dennis Ritchie has died after a long illness.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif"><span style="color:#800000">Mr Ritchie was one of the creators of the hugely influential Unix operating system and the equally pioneering C programming language.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif"><span style="color:#800000">A vast number of modern technologies depend on the work he and fellow programmers did on Unix and C in the early days of the computer revolution.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif"><span style="color:#800000">Those paying respects said he was a "titan" of the industry whose influence was largely unknown</span><span style="color:#000000">."</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif"><span style="color:#000000">In terms of ubiqity ths guy excels Mr Jobs & Mr Gates combined.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif"><span style="color:#000000">Have a great day.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif"><span style="color:#000000">Gary</span></span></p><p>
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