[TUHS] RIP Fernando Corbató

[Thomas Paulsen]

one of the most important computer scientists passed away - a tragedy. RIP Corby.

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Von: Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com>
Datum: 13.07.2019 06:49:10
An: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs at tuhs.org>, COFF <coff at minnie.tuhs.org>,  "Stephen M. Jones" <smj at sdf.org>
Betreff: [TUHS] RIP Fernando Corbató

> Tom Van Vleck just passed this on the Multics mailing list. Fernando
> Corbató has passed away at 93.
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/science/fernando-corbato-dead.html
>
> Clem organized the wonderful Unix 50 event at the LCM two days ago, where
>
> we saw a working 6180 front panel on display (backed by a virtual DPS-8m
>
> running Multics!).
>
> This is our heritage and our history, let us not forget where we came from.
>
>
>         - Dan C.
>