Doh! > Isn't that 3 things? > Michael F. March wrote: > >> G.D.Thurman wrote: >> >> >> > With Unix in the news I have found myself re-reading a >> > IEEE interview with Ken Thompson taken May of 1999. >> > >> > http://www.computer.org/computer/thompson.htm >> >> I had read this interview when it came out but it is >> interesting to re-read it in today's light. >> >> Two things I got from it: >> >> 1. He professes to have "gone through the source". >> Although he knocks Linux on its inconsistent >> quality, he did not raise any IP concerns. Being >> one of the originators of UNIX, he would be one >> of the best people to make a claim like that. >> >> 2. At the time of this interview, he claims that Linux >> was VERY unstable.. He must of been running the SLS >> distribution or something. :) >> >> He stated that it had a long way to go to be used in >> "firewalls, gateways, embedded systems.." >> >> 3. He claims that Linux will not be successful in the >> long run.. >> -- Michael F. March ----- march@indirect.com Ph: (602)410-1780 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400 P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254 "Seriously" - HSR