Describe Andrew S. Tanenbaum in 30 seconds

[@shakina8657]

I'm astonished why wise will not get recognized, a simple thanks sir!

[@markteague8889]

I never had the opportunity (or pleasure) of studying directly with you Dr. Tanenbaum. But, upon discovering as an undergraduate CS/EE student your textbook, “Structured Computer Organization” (3rd edition), I nearly read it from cover to cover before putting it down. Later when I took the corresponding course, I spent the better part of a month writing an emulator for the MiC2 (or was it the MIC1) microarchitecture. The instructor at our regional university would alternate between the two from one year to the next. Thanks to you I fully understand the difference between horizontal and vertical microarchitectures in gory detail. In a Systems Programming course (with the same instructor), we were assigned a project to write an assembler for the same architecture and use it to assemble and link MIC1 (or was it MIC2) source programs to execute on the emulator we had written the previous term. As a fellow lifelong learner, I feel a connection to you and an immense appreciation for the the focused pedagogical library you have created. I’m going to break the rules and offer two words: erudite gadfly. Enjoy the next stage of life Dr. Tanenbaum. You are loved and appreciated around the globe. Wishing you all the best!

[@SuperMartinsantos]

Hi Mr. Tanenbaum, I am not one of your students nor i have been lucky enough to meet you, in fact I find myself on the other side of the world but knowing all your work online is very pleasant. I am pleasantly surprised by all the work you have done, with the people who has been close to you and the stories related to it. But mostly for your contributions in the computer world. I just bought one of your books from amazon. Thank you very much!

[@esra_erimez]

Dear Mr. Tanenbaum, although I have never had the pleasure of making your acquainted, I would like to thank you for your amazing body of work and contribution to computer science. You are truly an elegant visionary who has has touched people far beyond your immediate reach. You are very inspiring. Specifically with regard to Minix, I am of the firm belief that your vision and architecture will extend well past operating systems to things like databases and wed servers. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

[@capability-snob]

"capabilities were your idea" well, they were an idea you championed. (Unless AST influenced Dennis and Van Horn before he finished his undergrad. If that happened, it'd be one epic tale.)

[@mlakaf]

All computer science engineers in the whole world know Andy.

[@JonathanSteadman2003]

Let's all thank Andrew without him. There would be no Linux. Thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks. :) You are just as great as Linus.