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Dennis Ritchie Interviewed

An anonymous reader writes "Unix.se has published an interview with Dennis Ritchie (inventor of C, co-creator of Unix)." Not very technical, but Dennis shares his thoughts on GNU, kernel design, and more.

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  1. first post, bitches! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wee haw! sweden sucks. but not as much as france, the worthless pigs.

  2. The Troll Library is **DYING** by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    That is all I have to say. BITCHES

    Troll 49 of 208 from the annals of the Troll Library .

  3. Linux? by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sure, he invented C, but is he curently trying to gain any segway into the Lunix market? Even though server market droped 5.9% overall last year, Linux server usage actually went *up* by 14%.

    This clearly shows a need for "install and forget" servers on the backend with little to no cost because properitary licencing cuts away to much of one's bottom line.

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  4. .se? by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think you mean ".cx".

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    1. Re:.se? by Raul654 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Details details...

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  5. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    THE NINE PLAN YOU!

    1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by tunah · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I thought the obvious candidate would have been IN SOVIET RUSSIA, Glenda does it for YOU!...

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  6. History of Michael Jackson's Face by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This has to be seen to be believed:
    The History of Michael Jackson's Face
    'Nuff said.
  7. GET SOME PRIORITIES!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The most horrible space tragedy in recorded history occured six days ago, and all you people can do is talk about whether Dennis shares his thoughts on GNU? My *god*, folks, get some priorities here!

  8. Misread by unborracho · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For a minute there i thought it said "Denise Richards". Oh well, still an interesting read!

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  9. Re:uh by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >>Sure, he invented C, but is he curently trying to gain any segway into the Lunix market?

    >You know, just because it's slashdot doesn't mean every single article must somehow be related to linux.

    Or the Segway, for that matter. I'm getting tired of this subliminal guerilla marketing!

  10. Pshaw by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know more C than he does.

  11. Re:Why are you here? by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I don't get it. You are like that NetBSD guy on our LUG list that kept bashing linux whenever someone asked how to configure Y do do Z.

    You must be confusing me with someone else. I've never "bashed" BSD, Linux or any other OS for that matter. It's unfortunate that the Slashdot posting history only shows 25 entries, otherwise you'd be free to read what I've posted in the last three years or so. I have an opinion why one may be better than the other in a given circumstance, but "bashing" would be too strong a word, here.

    so what drove you here?

    You say that like coming "here" requires some sort of membership. Technology is technology, and I find it fascinating, like most 'geeks'. Slashdot does a half-decent good job of covering stories about technology that I'd otherwise not be aware of.

    anti-M$ bullshit that gives us pleasure

    Whatever makes you tick, I suppose.

    Do you see me going to "Bill Gates is a god" list and supporting linux? No! So you should lay off too.

    "Lay off"? As in, don't post? Why? Because you don't like what I happen to say? Put me in your "foes" list, tweak your comment scoring preferences and indent me into oblivion. I'm certainly not forcing you to read my "Wind0ws r0xxorz" posts.

    I do however enjoy the occasional opportunity to use Slashdot to point out why Slashdot is not as enjoyable as it used to be. It's too bad you can't see that for what it is, but then again I rarely expect that much.

  12. Re:What the editors were thinking... by ender81b · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No shit. I imagine the encounter went something like this...

    CowboyNeal: Sweet, it's like a interview by like some famous guy. Something about Unix. Don't we do Unix?
    *BONG HIT*
    CmdrTaco: Dude, I am so stoned right now I have no idea what's happening.
    *BONG HIT*
    CmdrTaco: You look kindof purdy in the right neal baby. *girlish giggle*
    *BONG HIT*
    CowboyNeal: Wow. My screens all pretty *giggle*. What where we doing again?
    *BONG HIT*
    CmdrTaco: You where like.. *giggle*.. posting a story or something. On some website or something *long drawn out laughter*
    *BONG HIT*
    CowboyNeal: Hehehehehhe. I clicked submit. You know like submit.

    -1 Offtopic. Yeah maybe but I had fun writing it.

  13. You're way off base by istartedi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They got stoned, not drunk.

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  14. Doesn't Plan 9 have a Usenet newsreader? by Kiwi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Doesn't Plan 9 have a Usenet newsreader? I am sure that one of the rn derivitives would work fine for Dennis; since he probably used one of those back in the day. In the meantime, the headers to his postings make the Linux community red in the face, e.g: From: "Dennis Ritchie"
    ... X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600
    X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600

    Oh, the heresy of it all! Actually, over in comp.unix.admin, a number of old-school Unix people have similiar headers in their messages; Dennis once said (1995 or 1996 issue of Byte magazine) that "Unix will never be a desktop operating system"; all of the MacOS X users have proven him wrong.

    - Sam

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  15. my system is redhat advanced server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    who can hack me?
    stupid bitch
    damnit

  16. Re:Ritchie's Plan 9 by mirko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have you forgotten Junis from Afghanistan ? ;-)

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