Once upon a time Dave Ihnat wrote:
>
> Deryk Barker wrote:
>
> > The only thing I'd like to add to your excellent exegesis is that many
> > Unix ideas derived from Multics. <<Symbolic link discussion elided>>
>
> Oh, never to forget or ignore that contribution. Multics was the origin
> of many of the concepts that have made Unix a viable OS. (Not to mention
> the origin of the name--despite the fact that BTL, K&R, and Thompson have
> all decided not to admit in public just *what* Unix __really__ meant.)
> --
> Dave "Multics taught to me in undergrad--doesn't *that* date me!" Ihnat
Oh, where? We may know some of the same people....
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