Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) | Date | 8 May 1999 09:40:38 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.199905080007.UAA31730@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net>, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allbery@kf8nh.apk.net> wrote: >In message <7gvn8m$n9i@pell.pell.portland.or.us>, david parsons writes: >+----- >| david parsons \bi/ System V is Version 8. >+--->8 > >Ah, no. The numbered versions were *research* versions;
I'm just relaying stuff I heard from people I know at Bell Labs. but I must disagree that the numbered versions were research, because I distinctly remember playing around on Version 6 and Version 7 Unices when I was stuck at the University of Wisconsin 20 years ago.
____ david parsons \bi/ Admittedly that was 20 years ago, when a neat \/ and tidy chronology wasn't quite so important.
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