Steve Jobs vs Dennis Ritchie

Steve Jobs (b. 24 Feb 1955) Dennis Ritchie (b. 09 Sep 1941) Become a hipster, sell stolen ideas Invent UNIX and C DIED 05 OCT 2011 DIED 12 OCT 2011 Without Steve Jobs, we would have: -No iProducts -No over-expensive laptops Without Dennis Ritchie, we would have: -No Windows -No UNIX -No C -No programs -A large setback in computing -No generic text languages -We would all read in Binary Praised by media as Jesus of computing Ignored They died in the same year, but it seems only few notice the death of Dennis Ritchie compared to Steve Jobs

A comparison meme shows Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie, who died in the same year. It sarcastically credits Jobs with popularizing expensive Apple products while emphasizing Ritchie's foundational contributions to UNIX, C, and modern computing. The joke is used to criticize media attention and celebrate an overlooked technology pioneer.

• @gentoomemes / 4758 2023-05-29