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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by FeistySkink on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:26PM (#35921044)
Andrew Tanenbaum is in a no way Dutch. States as much in his Wikipedia article. There are plenty of Dutch scientists, including in CS, so no need to gekoloniseren another one.
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by tgv on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:28PM (#35921081)
He's lived and worked in The Netherlands since over 35 years, possibly 40.
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by FeistySkink on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:33PM (#35921147)
Does that make him Dutch?
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by tgv on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:40PM (#35921252)
It's 52 years: https://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/home/cv.pdf, but he's still an American citizen. You be the judge, but it's certainly not unfair to call him American-Dutch.
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by helloooooooo on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:46PM (#35921337)
Is calling any permanent resident who is not a citizen Dutch reasonable?
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by 13of40 on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:25PM (#35921882)
If he was born there but lived in the US for 50 years, would it be fair to call him a Dutch-American?
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by bee_rider on Friday May 12, 2023 @06:35PM (#35923380)
Why is everyone just responding with further rhetorical questions in this thread? It is annoying.
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by 29athrowaway on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:56PM (#35921476)
"Tanenbaum! You SOB"

[handshake sound]

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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by oefnak on Saturday May 13, 2023 @06:36AM (#35927131)
If he speaks Dutch, and rides a bike, I'd say he passes the duck test.
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by marcodiego on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:56PM (#35922288)
Sorry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars#Eth...
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Re:Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies... by FeistySkink on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:14PM (#35922508)
You're right, this was unnecessary.
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