> On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 09:33:23AM +0100, 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.
> >
> > Unreliable and Linux in the same sentence? He must be on some really good
> > drugs, and if so I want some!
> >
> Hmmm, seemed to me he would be looking at a distro equivalent to RedHat.
> Try telling anyone that linux is reliable after showing them some
> versions of gnome :-)
>
> Unfortuneately because everyone calls the whole system Linux that because
> an app fails the kernel gets tarred with the same brush.
i think Ken Thompson *knows* the difference between kernel and apps.
--
yashi
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