From: Keith Nash <kjn9@citizenearth.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] dennis quote?
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:36:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030630213642.25377.qmail@mail.dirac.net> (raw)
> boyd, rounin wrote:
> >what did dennis say once?
> >
> > unix retarded o/s development by 10 years
> >
> > linux retarded o/s development by 20 years
>
> although said does anyone have a decent link, I'm /. trolling and could
> use the ammunition 8)
I too recall reading this remark, but with the figure of *30* years for the retardation of o/s *research* due to Linux; I also think the remark was attributed to Rob Pike, but I never saw the "original". The remark is not mentioned in the slides for his talk "Systems Software Research is Irrelevant"
[ http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/rob/utah2000.ps ]
but would fit neatly with slides 17 and 18.
I don't know how much MS Windows retarded o/s research, but it set back documentation by 140 years: in common with Babbage's Difference Engine, the most useful instructions are provided by third parties:
[ http://ed-thelen.org/bab/bab-intro.html ]
Keith.
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2003-06-30 21:36 Keith Nash [this message]
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2003-06-19 19:50 [9fans] The new ridiculous license Dan Cross
2003-06-19 19:56 ` boyd, rounin
2003-06-30 14:13 ` [9fans] dennis quote? matt
2003-06-30 17:22 ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-01 9:36 ` matt
2003-07-03 9:42 ` Clint Olsen
2003-07-03 10:37 ` Anthony Mandic
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