From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <20030630213642.25377.qmail@mail.dirac.net> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] dennis quote? From: Keith Nash Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:36:42 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e451d8cc-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > 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.