Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:00:35 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Advanced Linux Kernel/Enterprise Linux Kernel |
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > > Relating some "nine goals of 'Enterprise Computing'" to Multics is > > the bullshit. > > Funny, I got those off the "Multics FAQ" page. > > -M >
History is being rewritten. When Multics was being developed by AT&T, it was found to be unusable on the DEC. It was a PDP-8, so the story is told. General Electric got the first contract to make a machine specifically designed for Multics and development continued.
The original DEC was "given" to W. M. Ritchie and his staff in "Department 58213". He wanted to use it for games. To do so, required him to write some sort of OS, which became Unix.
As I said, when Multics was designed, the only criteria as to get it to work on a DEC. It didn't. To use this development as an example of "enterprise computing" is absurd and belies its well documented history.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
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