In Memoriam on Google Front Page

Nice Touch...

[nutsandbolts]

What other search engine would do that? Very respectful Google...

[agerhart]

That is an impressively classy gesture by Google.

"The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim

In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind.

[Rugles]

I do not see anything.
What was there?

[victor]

It's there as I write.

A link to an obit of Edsger Dijkstra, the often quoted and usually mispelt, professor of computer science.

The link is below the copyright line.

[dukeblue219]

I was impressed to see Google do that. Heck, you wouldn't even notice the link on another search engine's crowded pages. The link seems really slow, but I imagine they're getting a *few* visits thanks to that link :) I bet that does wonders for his PR as well!

[EliteWeb]

sweet, made me all warm and fuzzy and well im not normally warm and fuzzy only a search engine could do that to me :)

[jimmykav]

Nice touch.

[GoogleGuy]

I'm glad that I studied his algorithms in school and now we get a chance to pay respects back to Dijkstra.

[richlowe]

This is cool as he was very important to the computer world. He will be remembered.

Richard Lowe

[FlashRed]

Over 1,300 written works -- what a contribution to his passion!.. and his preference for "the fountain pen over the computer", particularly as an ACN Turing award recipient, what an amazing individual.

[vitaplease]

In the Dutch newspaper nrc.nl

[nrc.nl...]

they quote him to have said:

You should go to university (or study) not to make money, but to prevent boredom for the rest of your life

nice one Google