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SubjectRe: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)
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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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