Re: Ergonomics, my back.

Ron Resnick (resnick@interlog.com)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:19:44 +0300


At 05:03 PM 9/15/97 -0700, I Find Karma wrote:
>Anyway, look what poor Ken Thompson has been reduced to... I guess
>those Turing awards don't carry the same cash prize as Nobels...
>Poor guy goes from
>
>

Joe Barrera inquires:
> You don't really think it's the same Ken?

I Find Karma retorts:
>Naw, just joking. I assume Digital gave Ken plenty o cash to spend in
>his golden years.

Sure they did. Then they sent him packing to Canada of course!
As reported in today's Toronto Star (and I kid you not!)

>Canada's richest man,
>Ken Thomson, has
>sold his interest in
>Canada's biggest
>retailer, Hudson's Bay
>Co. Ltd., which
>operates about 100
>Bay and 300 Zellers
>stores.
http://www.thestar.com/editorial/money/index.html

Oh, not that Ken Thomson either, huh? How many of these guys
are there anyway?

Ron