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

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
8 May 1999 09:40:38 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.199905080007.UAA31730@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net>,
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allbery@kf8nh.apk.net> wrote:
>In message <7gvn8m$n9i@pell.pell.portland.or.us>, david parsons writes:
>+-----
>| david parsons \bi/ System V is Version 8.
>+--->8
>
>Ah, no. The numbered versions were *research* versions;

I'm just relaying stuff I heard from people I know at Bell Labs.
but I must disagree that the numbered versions were research,
because I distinctly remember playing around on Version 6 and
Version 7 Unices when I was stuck at the University of Wisconsin
20 years ago.

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david parsons \bi/ Admittedly that was 20 years ago, when a neat
\/ and tidy chronology wasn't quite so important.

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