[TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic]

Rich rdm at cfcl.com
Fri Aug 14 06:09:49 AEST 2020


> On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton <athornton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Early AIX is what happens when you give a detailed description of Unix to mainframers who've never seen Unix, and then tell them to implement that system, and then ship it, without at any point letting someone who's used an actual Unix system touch it.

My favorite characterization of AIX came from Barry Shein: "It will remind you of Unix."

-r



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