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TM99

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8. Yeah, add to those two men

Reply to RILib (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 03:03 AM

Jul 2013

Dennis Ritchie, inventor of C and co-founder of Unix, and Job's Nextstep & OS X would never have occurred.

Standing on the shoulders of giants is what this industry is about and not giving credit where credit is due is all too common today....sadly.

All are missed.

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