It's been a rough year for the IT industry. The death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in October grabbed international headlines. But we also lost other major figures from almost every area of technology, including Xerox PARC founder Jacob E. Goldman, who died in late December. Have a look at some of the people who made a big difference and whom we lost in this post.
Dennis M. Ritchie -- Godfather of Unix, Father of C
Robert Morris -- A Knack for Encryption
John McCarthy -- Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise
Ken Olsen -- The Digital Man
Paul Baran -- Packet Thinker
Jean Bartik -- Last of the First Programmers
Jack Keil Wolf -- Disk Drivin' Man
Julius Blank -- Silicon Machinist
Robert Galvin -- No More Mobile Monopoly
Gerald A. Lawson -- Cartridge Creator
George Devol -- The Man With the Robot Arm
Lee Davenport -- Radar Maker
Wilson Greatbatch -- Heartbeat of the Century
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