[Discuss] Econonomic contribution

[Jerry Feldman]

On 10/14/2011 11:39 PM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> Had a little debate, at work, about the importance of the work two men.
> Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie.
>
> Who contributed more to the world and who created more wealth? We all know
> who had more money, but who was more important?
Both men were giants in their field. Ritchie, in creating Unix and 
co-creating C can probably be compared to Tesla as Ritchie's inventions 
are used in almost every computer. In contrast, Jobs was more like 
Edison. While Apple was essentially the first company to popularize the 
GUI interface, it was developed by Xerox.

Another question is who pissed off Richard Stallman more, Ritchie or Jobs.

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