[TUHS] Some UNIX/TS Info From John Mashey

[Larry McVoy via TUHS]

On Sat, May 09, 2026 at 11:07:30AM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> On Fri, May 08, 2026 at 10:46:30AM -0700, Larry McVoy via TUHS wrote:
> > Huh, I just learned that Andrew was part of Masscomp.  Clem, how did that 
> > come about?
> 
> The Andrew Tannenbaum (trb) who worked at Masscomp and ISC is not
> the Andrew Tanenbaum (ast) associated with MINIX.

But it was the Masscomp guy who did the history writeup?  I could see that
with Clem at Masscomp, Clem knows the history.

Thanks for the clarification Jonathan, appreciate it.

In the information you didn't ask for department, I'm half Dutch,
have lived there, learned the language, some, and I interviewed with
ast to go to grad school there (I think, it was a long time ago, when I
went there is not clear but I did interview with him).  I really liked
the Minix idea, it wasn't as good as QNX but it was mostly (I think)
just him.  It's a significant chunk of work.  I decided to pass because
the building he was in was gray, the furniture was gray, the weather
was gray.  That's trite but where he was working just didn't suck me in.
While I don't regret that choice, I think working with him could have
been fun.

--lm