Sunday, November 6, 2011

Pioneers of the Information Age


• Last month(10/11) saw the passing of three pioneers of the information age – an age we more or less take for granted now. These luminaries were John McCarthy[Left], Dennis Ritchie[Center] and Steve Jobs[Right].

John McCarthy(September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011): Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence.

Dennis Ritchie(September 9, 1941 – October 12, 2011): Father of Programming.

Steve Jobs(February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011): Da Vinci of our times.