27 Nov
2016
27 Nov
'16
10:15 p.m.
We lost J.F.Ossanna in 1977; he had a hand in developing Unix, and was
responsible for "roff" and its descendants. Remember him, the next time
you see "jfo" in documentation.
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
27 Nov
27 Nov
10:17 p.m.
Yes, he had died by the time I knew what UNIX was. My jest was always that
there was only one person who truly understood troff and he was dead.
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From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 5:15 PM
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
Subject: [TUHS] RIP J.F.Ossanna
We lost J.F.Ossanna in 1977; he had a hand in developing Unix, and was
responsible for "roff" and its descendants. Remember him, the next time you
see "jfo" in documentation.
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
10:28 p.m.
I've always morned that he died so early. I would have liked to talk
to him, I love troff to this day.
On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 09:15:00AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
We lost J.F.Ossanna in 1977; he had a hand in
developing Unix, and was
responsible for "roff" and its descendants. Remember him, the next time
you see "jfo" in documentation.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
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Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm
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