Thanks for posting that. I have to say after reading Ken's comments
regarding Linux I was pretty crushed. I feel better now esp since I
remembered this was said 4 years ago. I'm not sure if Ken would think
linux is in a better postion now, but he has to see we have more of a
chance now.
Carl P.
On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 13:22, Michael F. March wrote:
> ESR's reply:
>
> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-05-07-016-05-NW-SM
>
> > 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..
> >
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