Posted October 8th, 2011 @ 03:10pm by Erik J. Barzeski
The word "hero" in terms of a leading graphic or image means a certain thing, but Apple's name for the image of Steve Jobs currently on the website is simply known as "t_hero.png" and one can't help but think that "hero" means something else entirely today.
Steve Jobs, Hero:
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Posted 24 Oct 2011 at 9:14am #
Did you ever read about Dennis Ritchie?
Without Ritchey and Thompson, Steve Jobs would likely have excelled at something different. It's interesting that both passed away within a few days. We celebrate the accomplishments of Jobs but ignore those of Ritchie, yet, without Ritchie, Jobs would not be a computing hero.
Neither would Bill Gates or Linus Torvalds.
Posted 25 Oct 2011 at 6:11pm #
Yes, I know who Dennis Ritchie is. I think it's a stretch to say that without Ritchie the entirety of computing wouldn't exist. Someone else would likely have developed a compiled language.