Jack Kilby has died. Without him (or at least without the work that he did--someone else surely would have if not him) there would be no desktop computers on which to type brief obituaries like this, or an Internet to communicate them.

Kilby was a true visionary.
I've been fortunate- well, it's been interesting- to have lived & worked through the period of history that saw all the transitions--- from vacuum tubes to transistors to IC's to microprocessors. I must sheepishly admit that I fought it every step of the way, LOL. Now I wonder what will come next- and if I'll be around to see it!