Re: [TUHS] A repository with 44 years of Unix evolution gets the MSR '15 Best Data Showcase Award
19 May
2015
19 May
'15
3:40 p.m.
A fantastic curatorial exploit!
Deadly quote "and nobody cares about that early
code history any more
--so this is all water under the bridge."
This particular metaphor always reminds me of the Farberism: "That's
water over the bridge." Dave, a major presence at Bell Labs, master
malaprop, friend of many and collaborator with several of the early
Unix team, may be counted as an honorary Unixian.
Doug
19 May
19 May
4:26 p.m.
New subject: A repository with 44 years of Unix evolution gets the MSR '15 Best Data Showcase Award
Doug McIlroy scripsit:
an honorary Unixian.
Did that term actually have currency in the Elder Days, or did you
make it up just now? I note the comparable term "Multician"
<http://multicians.org>
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5:29 p.m.
New subject: A repository with 44 years of Unix evolution gets the MSR '15 Best Data Showcase Award
> an honorary Unixian.
Did that term actually have currency in the Elder
Days, or did you
make it up just now? I note the comparable term "Multician"
A nonce imitation of "Multician". The Unix room was universally
known as such, but there was no distinctive moniker for its
inhabitants.
Doug
21 May
21 May
7:41 p.m.
New subject: A repository with 44 years of Unix evolution gets the MSR '15 Best Data Showcase Award
There was a story, perhaps apocryphal, that Sam Morgan once told a caller
"Hold on. I'll transfer you to the Unix room. One of the boys up there
can help you..."
> an
honorary Unixian.
Did that term actually have currency in the Elder
Days, or did you
make it up just now? I note the comparable term "Multician"
A nonce imitation of "Multician". The Unix room was universally
known as such, but there was no distinctive moniker for its
inhabitants.
Doug
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