11 Who Died in 2011 (And Were Not Named Steve)

Posted by mbaehrlxer on Jan 3, 2012 12:06 AM EDT
wired.com; By Robert McMillan 		Mail this story
Print this story

This article is not about Steve Jobs. He died this year -- yes, we all know that -- but gone too is Dennis Ritchie, one of the creators of the Unix operating system that powers Apple's computers. Also departed are Jack Goldman, the man who came up with the idea to start Xerox PARC, where Jobs got his graphical user interface, Paul Baran, an important Internet pioneer who developed packet switching, and Nobutoshi Kihara, who was known as Sony's "Mr. Walkman," long before Jobs was flogging the iPod.

So here are 11 technology giants who left us this year, and the amazing legacies they left behind.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Community

« Return to the newswire homepage

Subject Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post
Thanks for this post beirwin 1 1,639 Jan 4, 2012 1:46 AM

You cannot post until you login.