On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:57:16 -0500, Rich wrote:

The underpinning of our computer world rides on this fellow's and his
colleague's efforts, not Apple adult toys.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/i...abs/index.html

I've unwrapped the URL. Apart from that, I agree with you.

There is also Farmwald and Horowitz who with their co-workers are
responsible for inventions without which no modern computers would
exist.

Regards,

Eric Stevens