Messages in this thread |  | | From | Marty Fouts <> | Subject | RE: Advanced Linux Kernel/Enterprise Linux Kernel | Date | Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:03:00 -0800 |
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Sorry, wrong answer, but thanks for playing.
When Multics was developed, (early 60s,) DEC equipment wasn't even interesting to much of an audience. The original equipment Multics ran on was build by one of the "seven dwarf" computer companies, (GE) which was soon to get out of the computer business altogether.
I would suggest Organick's book, if I could recall the title.
Marty
-----Original Message----- From: Richard B. Johnson [mailto:root@chaos.analogic.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 8:42 AM To: Michael Rothwell Cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: Advanced Linux Kernel/Enterprise Linux Kernel
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > Multics??? [..] way too many persons on this list who know the history of > > Unix to try this BS. > > So, you're saying their nine goals were bullshit? Multics had a lot of > problems. But it did a lot of ground-breaking. Perhaps you should reply > to the nine goals, or the general topic of "Enterpriseness," rather than > merely express your irrelevant hatred for Multics. >
Relating some "nine goals of 'Enterprise Computing'" to Multics is the bullshit. When Multics was being developed, the singular goal was to make an operating system that worked on DEC Equipment without having to use DEC software. The emphasis was on trying to make it work period.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
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