Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 May 1999 15:27:07 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) |
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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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