From: doug@cs.dartmouth.edu (Doug McIlroy)
Subject: [TUHS] A repository with 44 years of Unix evolution gets the MSR '15 Best Data Showcase Award
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 11:40:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201505191540.t4JFeHCb022903@coolidge.cs.dartmouth.edu> (raw)
A fantastic curatorial exploit!
> Deadly quote "and nobody cares about that early code history any more
> --so this is all water under the bridge."
This particular metaphor always reminds me of the Farberism: "That's
water over the bridge." Dave, a major presence at Bell Labs, master
malaprop, friend of many and collaborator with several of the early
Unix team, may be counted as an honorary Unixian.
Doug
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2015-05-19 15:40 Doug McIlroy [this message]
2015-05-19 16:26 ` cowan
2015-05-19 17:29 ` Doug McIlroy
2015-05-21 19:41 ` scj
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2015-05-26 10:07 Berny Goodheart
2015-05-25 19:05 Noel Chiappa
2015-05-18 20:07 Diomidis Spinellis
2015-05-19 9:24 ` Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
2015-05-19 10:04 ` Erik E. Fair
2015-05-19 13:19 ` Jacob Goense
2015-05-19 13:48 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2015-05-19 14:36 ` SPC
2015-05-19 15:55 ` Warner Losh
2015-05-19 16:48 ` Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
2015-05-19 17:30 ` Clem Cole
2015-05-19 18:06 ` Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
2015-05-19 18:55 ` cowan
2015-05-20 3:07 ` Andy Kosela
2015-05-19 14:53 ` Clem Cole
2015-05-21 1:42 ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2015-05-21 11:50 ` Diomidis Spinellis
2015-05-21 15:09 ` cowan
2015-05-21 15:49 ` Clem Cole
2015-05-21 17:03 ` Jacob Ritorto
2015-05-21 18:04 ` Clem Cole
2015-05-25 16:46 ` Mary Ann Horton
2015-05-25 17:21 ` John Cowan
2015-05-25 21:15 ` Cory Smelosky
2015-05-26 17:55 ` Scot Jenkins
2015-05-29 14:14 ` Mary Ann Horton
2015-05-22 0:17 ` John Cowan
2015-05-26 19:12 ` Doug McIntyre
2015-05-21 19:54 ` scj
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