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

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Wed, 5 May 1999 15:27:07 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Richard.

>>> What seemed negative to me was how he said NT was bad and Linux
>>> was worse. That he considers Linux *worse* than NT was rather
>>> surprising.

>> Personally, I wouldn't be surprised to find that he didn't, but
>> the magazine's sub-editor is a devoted NT fan who changed it to
>> read that way, and the editor didn't spot the change...

>> I've seen just this happen in the past, so know how easy it is...

> In a respectable...

Yes.

> ...mag?

No.

For reference, the article in question appeared in a British newspaper
called "Financial Times", which most people regard as respectable. I
didn't see the original article, but my brother showed me the one
where the said newspaper explained what had happenned, gave a brutally
honest apology for it, advised that the sub-editor in question "had
decided to seek employment elsewhere", and assured readers that steps
were being taken to ensure that such not repeated...

Best wishes from Riley.

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