Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma...
by agent281 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @08:14PM
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Yeah, it made me sad because he sort of apologized to the person. Ultimately, Ken doesn't owe anyone anything.
Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma...
by filmgirlcw on Sunday March 19, 2023 @08:22PM
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That part kind of broke my heart. In retrospect, I should have gone with my gut and shouted “we love you, Ken” after he did that. Because you’re right, he doesn’t owe us anything. And he certainly doesn’t owe us trying to uphold some ideal we have of him that we’ve invented on our own.
I met Ken the day before and he told me he was nervous about his talk. I hope he knows that most of us in the audience really loved what he shared.