[TUHS] TMG and B

arnold at skeeve.com arnold at skeeve.com
Tue Sep 30 18:52:00 AEST 2014


Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 08:58:11PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> >     > From: Doug McIlroy <doug at cs.dartmouth.edu>
> > 
> >     > Sorry for straying from direct Unix history
> > 
> > Au contraire. This was a fascinating account, and very valuable to have it
> > noted down for history. Please stray like that anytime you feel like it! :-)
> > 
> > 	Noel
>
> What he said.  I love "war stories".  Grab a glass of wine/beer/whatever 
> and wax poetic about the history.  I (and I suspect others) are jealous
> that we weren't there with you; hearing about it from someone who was is
> very cool.

Seconded!!  I could not have said this better myself.

Speaking at least for myself, it was clear at the time that UNIX and
what was happening was extremely special, and many of the people I went
to school with lusted after jobs at Bell Labs / AT&T in order to be
involved with it.  Those of you who were there really were part of a
"golden age".  Computing isn't nearly as much fun anymore.

So, the more stories the better!

Arnold



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