From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29284 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2020 22:30:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Jul 2020 22:30:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0F9BD94F74; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:30:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373DB94EC0; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:29:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C368894EC0; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:29:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3FDB94585; Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:29:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 1A8AB35E14D; Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:29:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:29:35 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Rob Pike Message-ID: <20200711222935.GU29318@mcvoy.com> References: <20200711203020.GA1884@minnie.tuhs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] AT&T Research 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" On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 07:58:01AM +1000, Rob Pike wrote: > Not everyone played with the rest, and we didn't do as much work with > development was management asked, but that world was very special. I miss > it every day. I'm super jealous of your experiences there. I've told anyone who would listen that Bell Labs held more of what I'd call my heroes than any other place. I went to Sun because it was as close as I could get in my day, and it was good, but Bell Labs seems like it was magic.