Messages in this thread | | | From | Nix <> | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) | Date | 04 May 1999 16:26:27 +0100 |
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alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk writes:
> On Tue, 4 May 1999, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > Ken Thompson is interviewed in this month's _IEEE Computer_ magazine > > on UNIX and developments. At one point during the interview, Computer > > asks him what he thinks of Linux. Here's his response (any typos are > > mine, and I show italics via <em> and </em>): > > Oh haha... I can't believe this guy. Hahaha what a joke this guy is.
He knows what he's talking about in most areas; he certainly isn't a `joke'.
He wrote Unix, for goodness' sake!
> Unreliable and Linux in the same sentence?
That is odd. Possibly he had bad luck with hardware, or something similar...
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