Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 8 Feb 1998 15:24:06 -0800 (PST) | From | Joel Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) |
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On Fri, 7 May 1999, Gerard Roudier wrote:
> > > On Fri, 7 May 1999, Tim Smith wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 May 1999, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > > Yup. I would hate to see SplashSnotters running amok and filling Ken's > > > > mailbox with (ahem) indignant (ahem) replies. > > > > > > Its on linuxtoday now and its probably only a matter of time > > > before it hits slashdot... the full interview is at > > > > It was on slashdot a couple of days ago, and the commentary there was as > > idiotic as one would expect. E.g., Thompson is bitter that Linux has > > completely overshadowed Plan 9 and he can't accept that a 21 year old kid > > did a better job with the Unix idea than Thompson was able to do with all > > the power of AT&T behind him. (And that example is not even from some > > random slashdot anonymous poster...it's from a well known Linux advocate). P > If number 9 means that the 8 previous Plans were bad Plans, we should > suggest Ken to immediately give up his current Plan and start > something like Plan 9999. ;-)
Plan 9, as in "Plan 9 from outer space" the movie by ed wood, possibly the worst sci-fi film of all time.
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