Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 May 1999 21:59:24 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Gerard Roudier <> | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) |
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On Fri, 7 May 1999, Tim Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 4 May 1999, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > Yup. I would hate to see SplashSnotters running amok and filling Ken's > > > mailbox with (ahem) indignant (ahem) replies. > > > > Its on linuxtoday now and its probably only a matter of time > > before it hits slashdot... the full interview is at > > It was on slashdot a couple of days ago, and the commentary there was as > idiotic as one would expect. E.g., Thompson is bitter that Linux has > completely overshadowed Plan 9 and he can't accept that a 21 year old kid > did a better job with the Unix idea than Thompson was able to do with all > the power of AT&T behind him. (And that example is not even from some > random slashdot anonymous poster...it's from a well known Linux advocate).
If number 9 means that the 8 previous Plans were bad Plans, we should suggest Ken to immediately give up his current Plan and start something like Plan 9999. ;-)
Gérard.
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