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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I guessing he never become rich, despite having an enormous impact on the tech landscape.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

If anyone thinks that’s how capitalism works, I have a bridge to sell you.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

No but others surely got rich off of his work