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Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie: life without rio
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Date: Thu,  2 Oct 2003 14:13:40 -0400
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On Thu Oct  2 12:40:56 EDT 2003, splite@purdue.edu wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:49:57AM -0700, Stephen Wynne wrote:
> > Bill Joy wrote vi, of course. And the C-shell. 'Nuff said.
>
> Him?  He's harmless.  Back in the '70s he was part of the CSRG at Berkeley;
> I think he did a little too much LDS.

When Joy announced last month that he was leaving Sun, the following
2 articles from The Register lovefest give you an idea of how he is
regarded, and what he gets credit for, in some circles (but not by anyone
I know).

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32732.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32780.html