From: michael@kjorling.se (Michael Kjörling)
Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Ken Thompson!
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 12:38:51 +0000 [thread overview]
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On 4 Feb 2017 07:00 +1100, from dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall):
> Just think: without those two, we'd all be running M$ Windoze and
> thinking that it's wonderful.
I wouldn't be so sure that claim should stand uncontested, given that
PC-DOS 2.0 (long before Windows) largely copied the concept of
directories from UNIX. Just think how wonderful Windows would be if it
was running on top of a file system that lacked the concept of
directories.
Then again IIRC the original Macintosh file system had no concept of
directories, but they somehow faked them in software. Makes you wonder
why they went through all that trouble instead of implementing
_proper_ support for directories/folders/filing cabinets/drawers/etc.
--
Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael at kjorling.se
“People who think they know everything really annoy
those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup)
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2017-02-03 20:00 Dave Horsfall
2017-02-04 12:38 ` Michael Kjörling [this message]
2017-02-04 12:44 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-02-04 13:15 ` Michael Kjörling
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2019-02-04 23:42 Doug McIlroy
2019-02-05 3:49 ` Larry McVoy
2019-02-04 1:09 [TUHS] Happy Birthday " Doug McIlroy
2019-02-03 20:23 [TUHS] Happy birthday, " Dave Horsfall
2019-02-03 21:39 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2019-02-03 22:07 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-02-03 22:33 ` Clem Cole
2019-02-04 2:03 ` Paul Winalski
2019-02-04 3:57 ` Jason Stevens
2019-02-04 6:25 ` Peter Jeremy
2019-02-04 7:59 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-02-04 15:04 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-02-04 15:39 ` Toby Thain
2019-02-04 17:08 ` Al Kossow
2019-02-03 22:39 ` Michael Kjörling
2019-02-03 22:55 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-02-03 23:37 ` Andy Kosela
2019-02-04 0:32 ` Larry McVoy
2019-02-04 1:00 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-02-04 9:43 ` Donald ODona
2018-02-03 21:46 Norman Wilson
2018-02-03 20:57 Dave Horsfall
2018-02-03 21:12 ` Donald ODona
2018-02-03 21:59 ` Andy Kosela
2018-02-04 0:52 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-02-04 1:07 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
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2018-02-04 1:35 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-02-04 1:14 ` Warner Losh
2018-02-04 13:59 ` Theodore Ts'o
2018-02-05 13:13 ` Tony Finch
2018-02-05 15:45 ` Bakul Shah
2018-02-05 16:19 ` Clem Cole
2018-02-05 17:41 ` Bakul Shah
2018-02-05 21:58 ` Andy Kosela
2018-02-05 22:47 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-02-05 22:52 ` Toby Thain
2018-02-05 22:54 ` Dan Cross
2018-02-06 4:58 ` Theodore Ts'o
2018-02-06 5:05 ` Gregg Levine
2018-02-03 21:35 ` Will Senn
2018-02-03 21:49 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-02-03 22:59 ` Dave Horsfall
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2018-02-04 1:51 ` Daniel Camolês
2018-02-04 17:33 ` Toby Thain
2016-02-03 17:38 Dave Horsfall
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