From: wkb@xs4all.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: [TUHS] Ideas for a Unix paper I'm writing
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:32:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110628073213.GA1771@freebie.xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110628001140.GA23711@minnie.tuhs.org>
Quoting Warren Toomey, who wrote on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:11:40AM +1000 ..
> All, IEEE Spectrum have asked me to write a paper on Unix to celebrate the
> 40th anniversary of the release of 1st Edition in November 1971. I'm after
> ideas & suggestions!
...
> Anyway, if you can think of good ideas/references about the elegance of
> Unix, especially from the design perspective, I would much appreciate them.
How about touching upon the fact that UNIX (& derivatives) have run & still
run on next to everything from a Cray or NEC SX super to a lowly SOHO
AP/router or a smartphone?
Wilko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-28 7:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-28 0:11 Warren Toomey
2011-06-28 0:26 ` Larry McVoy
2011-06-28 0:32 ` Nick Downing
2011-06-28 1:00 ` Tim Newsham
2011-06-28 3:36 ` Jim Capp
2011-07-02 4:03 ` Warner Losh
2011-08-07 20:26 ` Alan D. Salewski
2011-09-02 18:33 ` Jose R. Valverde
2011-06-28 3:53 ` Jim Capp
2011-06-28 4:13 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2011-06-28 5:48 ` Nick Downing
2011-06-28 7:22 ` Tim Newsham
2011-06-28 14:18 ` Wesley Parish
2011-06-28 7:32 ` Wilko Bulte [this message]
2011-06-28 15:22 ` Al Kossow
2011-06-29 1:30 A. P. Garcia
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