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I had not realized that Dennis Ritchie was dead, so I think he made his point about which person dominated the popular media, even if both were of similar importance.

Both were important people, but the kind of work they did definitely affected who would be more familiar with them.

Steve probably did as much as anyone to promote *nix, even if it was BSD, FWIW.




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