'Twas a jest, guv
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, David Demland wrote:
> I guess you have not read much about the history of "C" and Bell Labs. This
> is the same picture that has been painted about the "C" Language and Unix
> for many years. I have read some of this history back in 1984 when this new
> language "C" was just beginning to show in the development world. It was not
> until about 1991 or 1992 that SCO was even seen in most of the work places I
> was around. I would say that this picture is most likely accurate fro what I
> have seen in my professional life. From what I have lived in my career this
> was not to far off from what I have seen so I do not see the problem.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Chris
> Gehlker
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:44 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Damn Lies
>
>
> I just discovered this site <http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/>
> which is clearly false and revisionist history. The great contributions
> of SCO and of Daryl McBride aren't even mentioned! This version tries
> to credit Bell Labs, and a couple of guys named Ritchie and Thompson.
> What nonsense!
>
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