>>>Linux has been the Microsoft killer for over a decade
>
>I was sad to read that one of its authors, Dennis Ritchie, has died.
>When you think that he had a hand in the creation of both Unix and C, that's a mind boggling pair of accomplishments, isn't it?

Whoops, you beat me to it. A giant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=dennis%20ritchie&st=cse