Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
4 May 1999 17:05:06 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.Pine.GSO.4.10.9905040930410.10216-100000@eos30>,
<alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, 4 May 1999, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
>
>> Ken Thompson is interviewed in this month's _IEEE Computer_ magazine
>> on UNIX and developments. At one point during the interview, Computer
>> asks him what he thinks of Linux. Here's his response (any typos are
>> mine, and I show italics via <em> and </em>):
>
>Oh haha... I can't believe this guy. Hahaha what a joke this guy is.

This is Ken Thompson.

Perhaps you're slightly familiar with the name; we was one of the
two people who wrote a Linux-like operating system called Unix 28
or so years ago.

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david parsons \bi/ Hopefully he's referring to userland when he talks
\/ about `worse'

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