Re: Slandering Intel

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From: J. A. Chandross
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1989 03:29

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> And if you wish MIT project MAC had never happened, then why not throw
> away all your Berkeley UNIX manuals, since there wouldn't have been
> UNIX if it weren't for two guys who had a knee-jerk reaction to Multics.

Actually, there were more than 2 guys.  And they didn't have a "knee-jerk" 
reaction to Multix.  Au contraire.  They *liked* Multics. But when Bell 
Labs pulled out of the Multics project they were going to lose their 
comfortable niche.  So they consed up a replacement environment.


Jonathan A. Chandross
Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu
UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac

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From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (J. A. Chandross)
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Subject: Re: Slandering Intel
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