From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 149c4aa7 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 01:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5439A9C0AB; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:32:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42CB9C077; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:32:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EBA009C077; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:32:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AC0D9C00B for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:32:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 0623835E0A8; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:32:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:32:24 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Adam Thornton Message-ID: <20190830013224.GS10796@mcvoy.com> References: <2248B8D1-DEA8-453A-88DA-DAE5BC46DBEA@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2248B8D1-DEA8-453A-88DA-DAE5BC46DBEA@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] ARS Technica on UNIX @ 50 X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I'm just watching this now, the MC is a died in the wool nerd, I love him. Great dude, gonna send him some stuff. On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 06:08:37PM -0700, Adam Thornton wrote: > > > > On Aug 29, 2019, at 12:15 PM, Clem Cole wrote: > > > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/unix-at-50-it-starts-with-a-mainframe-a-gator-and-three-dedicated-researchers/ > > I???m really glad they cited the interviews Mike Mahoney, RIP, did with a lot of the principal people in his Oral History Of Unix. He was my thesis advisor. I did not finish my thesis, but several times in the last few months (not all about Unix; as LSST construction approaches completion, there???s been some thought about how to make our project documentation useful for future historians of science) I???ve thought ???Professor Mahoney would be interested in what I???m doing here.??? > > I???d recommend raising a glass to his memory. > > Adam -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm