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15 Oct 11

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Steve Jobs Dies vs Dennis Ritchie Dies


Last week, Steve Jobs, an amazing many and revolutionary in design and technology, passed away and many in the nation mourned. This week an equally great man, Dennis Ritchie, passed away and not enough people are talking about it.

Before I get into this article, understand that I respect both men and would be happy to accomplish even a tenth of the success and ingenuity in my lifetime. My bias and opinion stems from my roots in computer science, and a deep understanding of technology and it’s history. With that said, I’m sad on both accounts, and whether you agree or not, the world lost two of the best tech innovators of the decade.

At least 75%  of the web as you know it (60% Server Share, 13% client share, 93% of web servers), is powered by the developments of Dennis Ritchie over his lifetime. Apple, the World Wide Web, and iPhone probably wouldn’t even exist had Dennis never invented C programming language (which since stemmed PHP and C++) and the contribution to Unix. So why is it that the brain and code of Dennis which exists in almost ALL our lives is so less noticed at the end of their life? My guess is simply publicity. For example: I’d bet far more people can name actors vs producers in hollywood.

You can read all about Dennis Ritchie on your own time, as the goal of this post is not to sum up his biography, but to instead instill awareness and appropriate memorial to him through social media. Please feel free to use and copy as much as you’d like and repost. Help honor the man, legend and revolutionary that was Dennis Ritchie.

  • http://kalongkong.wordpress.com/ silentpal

    I am more than happy to re-blog this. This is another important man in our computing world. Thanks Dennis Ritchie. To be honest I’m guilty of not knowing him until I read blogs about his death today and now I am more interested in his works and wanted to show my sincere appreciation of his creation C Programming and Unix Systems.

  • http://ownedpix.com Romandeude

    yeah no one really cared about the richie death, I hate people. one man is a thief, while the other changed the world with his creativity!

  • ksull72487

    Agree’d MAC OS X runs on UNIX. Dennis Ritchie was one of the key people responsible for UNIX. Steve Jobs got too much credit. Dennis Ritchie did not get enough in my opinion.

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  • http://procerinscam.posterous.com/ Mark Ramirez

    I admit that I rarely hear about Dennis Ritchie, never knew that he is far more a genius thank the famous Steve Jobs. Without his contribution to C+, there might no playstation, Windows, and any gadget

  • http://procerinscam.webs.com/ Robert Reyes

    It is kind of unfair that we only appreciate what Steve Job had done and not Dennis Ritchie. He created C+ which is essential in the world of technology, while Job’s only focus upon Apple 

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     Steve Jobs Dies vs Dennis Ritchie Dies all are good person .

  • http://www.gptjob.com/ Captain Kane

    Steve Job  and Dennis Ritchie both have contributed to the world of technology

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