Was Steve Jobs' Death Overshadowed by Silence on Ritchie's Passing?

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vici10 said:
Dennis Ritchie has died. He was a creator of C and participating in creation of UNIX, without it Mac would not exists. It is a lot hype about Jobs, but silence about Ritchie's death. Maybe because Ritchie was a scientists and Jobs was a salesman. It just shows what society values, IMO.
http://thenexusnews.com/no-reaction-to-death-of-an-influential-scientist/851287/

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