Hello David and Glenn, > It turns out that software isn't the only thing lacking support: both dgk > (AT&T fellow, 36 years of service) and gsf (AT&T fellow, 29 years of > service) have been terminated, effective October 10. Our third major > partner, Phong Vo (AT&T fellow, 32 years of service), left a few months ago > for Google. The UWIN maintainer, Jeff Fellin, is still with AT&T and > provides UWIN support for some critical operations. > ...
Stunned! But I am not totally surprised since AT&T is nothing like the research outfit it was in years past (I used to work for it myself starting back in the old Bell-Telephone-Laboratories days). For those who know, the current AT&T shares pretty much mostly only the corporate name with its old namesake, retained for its immense marketing value. I also had the benefit of using KSH since about 1984; we all used the old "history" shell before that (and Bourne shell before even that). I wish you both all possible success in whatever endeavors you each end up in. With AT&T giving up you both especially, it really seems to mark the end of a certain era of core system software development. I and many (many) others know that you both put into your work way more over and above any call of duty (day and night). You both have really given a Herculean commitment and devotion to the AST suite. Thank you both for your immense contributions to date to the core UNIX software suite. All the best for the future! ---- David A. Morano, PE, PhD [email protected] _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
