Why only Steve Jobs and why not Dennis Ritchie?

the real fact is that programmers are always not given much importance comparing to inventors.

the real fact is that programmers are always not given much importance comparing to inventors.

Could be the point but consider one more scenario.. Bill Gates developed MS-DOS. In other words, he programmed it.

the real fact is that programmers are always not given much importance comparing to inventors.

Could be the point but consider one more scenario.. Bill Gates developed MS-DOS. In other words, he programmed it.

Bill gates is not only a programmer, he is a best bussiness magnate, author, investor. Also, i think he became famous after launching Microsoft windows OS.

Today in this time developer is more famous than the programmers in computer science.

Today in this time developer is more famous than the programmers in computer science.

I guess there is not much difference between developer and programmer. both do the same job of writing code and developing a software.

[quote]Everyone remembered Steve Jobs for his innovations but no one remembered Dennis Ritchie, father of C language. Almost every software like OS, or many programming languages were developed using C language.

Do you think if there wouldn't have been "C" programming language then would these innovations have come into existence?

Just give a thought and share your views. [/quote]

I agree with Abhishek! Dennis Ritchie was indeed a pioneer, he was also the key developer of UNIX. He should be given equal recognition as Steve Jobs, if not more.

[quote]Everyone remembered Steve Jobs for his innovations but no one remembered Dennis Ritchie, father of C language. Almost every software like OS, or many programming languages were developed using C language.

Do you think if there wouldn't have been "C" programming language then would these innovations have come into existence?

Just give a thought and share your views.

I agree with Abhishek! Dennis Ritchie was indeed a pioneer, he was also the key developer of UNIX. He should be given equal recognition as Steve Jobs, if not more.[/quote]

But people tend to forget such people as time passes by... I am sure no one will remember Steve Jobs after 10 years

[quote]Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Everyone remembered Steve Jobs for his innovations but no one remembered Dennis Ritchie, father of C language. Almost every software like OS, or many programming languages were developed using C language.

Do you think if there wouldn't have been "C" programming language then would these innovations have come into existence?

Just give a thought and share your views.


I agree with Abhishek! Dennis Ritchie was indeed a pioneer, he was also the key developer of UNIX. He should be given equal recognition as Steve Jobs, if not more.


But people tend to forget such people as time passes by... I am sure no one will remember Steve Jobs after 10 years [/quote]

It is true, but I think media plays a huge role in magnifying personalities. Steve Jobs was lucky, I guess, that his death brought about a spurt of articles and news items in print and electronic media, but Ritchie's death did not bring on that type of attention. Also the fact that Apple is one of the major and most glamorous corporate giants make that much difference!

[quote]Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Everyone remembered Steve Jobs for his innovations but no one remembered Dennis Ritchie, father of C language. Almost every software like OS, or many programming languages were developed using C language.

Do you think if there wouldn't have been "C" programming language then would these innovations have come into existence?

Just give a thought and share your views.


I agree with Abhishek! Dennis Ritchie was indeed a pioneer, he was also the key developer of UNIX. He should be given equal recognition as Steve Jobs, if not more.


But people tend to forget such people as time passes by... I am sure no one will remember Steve Jobs after 10 years

It is true, but I think media plays a huge role in magnifying personalities. Steve Jobs was lucky, I guess, that his death brought about a spurt of articles and news items in print and electronic media, but Ritchie's death did not bring on that type of attention. Also the fact that Apple is one of the major and most glamorous corporate giants make that much difference![/quote]

Yeah.. I agree with you

You will never know the reason for highlighting the Apple CEO so much after his death. It is may be due to Apple's popularity in gadget market, but I India apple gadgets are very costly and are not affordable. Still Indians are praising steve jobs. Innovation is always encourage and in that case we can consider IBM, Microsoft for giving us so many new technologies. Team role should be considered as any products success lies on many factors.

I agree that steve jobs was mainly involved in creating Apple iphone but without marketing that product may not be known to the world. The good thing about steve jobs is he brough Apple to top position after it went into crisis situation. However, I think if you read about steve jobs in his latest book it will give you more idea about his attitude. He has done nothing to India, in my view and sell products of less configuration with double the amount compared to US rates in India, is not admirable by any one. :dry: :(

without inventor there is nothing. So Steve jobs has more importance than dennis ritchie

first of all what i think is,you dont have to be famous to become great and other thing is that their is nothing like that programmers dont get recognition they are respected in their fiel among people who knows about programming.its not possible to feature every programmer to be feautred on every news channel coz they dont need this.everybody do his work and work steve job was like a link between programmers or technicians and common people,so its obvious people will know him more than Ritchie

I think all are great in their own field and all are rememberable for their work.

without inventor there is nothing. So Steve jobs has more importance than dennis ritchie

Dennis ritchie invented "C" programming language.

Yes the programmers wont get good name when compared with the invetors this is so bad and worst thing.

Thats acceptable. But most of the engineers will be aware of Dennis as they are studying the concepts of C. But Steve Jobs was living so far which makes all people aware of him.

People don't remember when it past a certain decades. Steve Jobs is a recent,that's why people are remembering him.
Dennis did a good job in creating 'C' Language.Few People do remember them,who are still working on languages.

That's Perfect Ronark. People will even forget Steve Jobs after one or two decades/

The new faces are coming so quickly,that people quickly forget which has past.

Everyone remembered Steve Jobs for his innovations but no one remembered Dennis Ritchie, father of C language. Almost every software like OS, or many programming languages were developed using C language.

Do you think if there wouldn't have been "C" programming language then would these innovations have come into existence?

Just give a thought and share your views.

Yes you are right abhishek and its really sad that someone who has done so much for 'humanity' has not been given full credit for his achievements. but the reason i feel that Dennis Ritchie has is not always remmembered in the same way as Steve Jobs is that Dennis Rechie created c language which does not connect to a common man asin he does not understand the technecalities of the achievment..whereas Steev Job's company Apple has created various devices which have gone directly to the common man like ipods, ipad etc..hence his popularity is bound to be more.