<div dir="ltr"><div>Oooh hey, just started reading a copy of _The_Innovators_ ( Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2014). He starts with Countess Ada Lovelace and goes forward from there. So far Very Fun. Alas, with a pub date of 2014 it's already a little out of date.</div><div><br></div><div>-- CHS<br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 8:58 PM Jim via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Linus was not!<br>
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On 9/22/21 7:53 AM, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:<br>
> Other than Hopper, all the people were more in the money side of IT.<br>
><br>
> At least no pic of Bezos was up<br>
><br>
> On September 21, 2021 10:59:09 PM EDT, Charles Shapiro via Ale <br>
> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Or Dennis Ritchie I suppose.<br>
><br>
> "Kernighan and Ritchie Wrote It, I Believe It, and THAT SETTLES IT!<br>
> <<Brandishing a copy of _The C Programming Language_, Brian<br>
> Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, Prentice Hall, 1988>><br>
><br>
> Actually, I am more an ANSI C (2nd Edition) kind of guy these days.<br>
> But without Dennis, there ain't no Steve. Or Bill, for that matter.<br>
><br>
> -- CHS<br>
> ( Writing a lotta Python Now, but still cherishing the lessons I<br>
> learned back Then. )<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 09:32 Jim Kinney via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> If one makes a parts pilgrimage to the Duluth MicroCenter, the<br>
> wall above the CPU and GPU cases is now adorned with photos of<br>
> key people in the development of IT as we know it today. Grace<br>
> Hopper, Steve Jobs (not Wozniac), Bill Gates, and other<br>
> nameable luminaries.<br>
><br>
> But not Linus Torvalds.<br>
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