[ale] Missing photo

Jim jim at ezsched.us
Fri Sep 24 20:57:59 EDT 2021


Linus was not!

On 9/22/21 7:53 AM, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> Other than Hopper, all the people were more in the money side of IT.
>
> At least no pic of Bezos was up
>
> On September 21, 2021 10:59:09 PM EDT, Charles Shapiro via Ale 
> <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>     Or Dennis Ritchie I suppose.
>
>     "Kernighan and Ritchie Wrote It, I Believe It, and THAT SETTLES IT!
>     <<Brandishing a copy of _The C Programming Language_, Brian
>     Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, Prentice Hall, 1988>>
>
>     Actually, I am more an ANSI C (2nd Edition) kind of guy these days.
>     But without Dennis, there ain't no Steve. Or Bill, for that matter.
>
>     -- CHS
>     ( Writing a lotta Python Now, but still cherishing the lessons I
>     learned back Then. )
>
>     On Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 09:32 Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org
>     <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>
>         If one makes a parts pilgrimage to the Duluth MicroCenter, the
>         wall above the CPU and GPU cases is now adorned with photos of
>         key people in the development of IT as we know it today. Grace
>         Hopper, Steve Jobs (not Wozniac), Bill Gates, and other
>         nameable luminaries.
>
>         But not Linus Torvalds.
>         -- 
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