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From: Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com>
To: Norman Wilson <norman@oclsc.org>
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] H.J. Lu Bootable Root & Base System disks
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 11:19:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200717181917.GJ18565@mcvoy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200717180831.5D4AB43F88@lignose.oclsc.org>

I agree but the purists will say linux is more like minux or other
rewrites from scratch.  All the other stuff listed below that isn't
Linux, all traces back to v7, v6, etc.

Given that Linux is so wide spread, yeah, it would be nice to have a
place for old fuddy duddies like me to smack our gums and say "sonny
boy, you and your fancy TCP/IP, a modem was good enough for me and it
was uphill in both directions" :-)

Actually, TCP/IP was awesome when we got it.  Modems were better than
nothing but they sucked until they were fast enough for SLIP.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 02:08:31PM -0400, Norman Wilson wrote:
> In my humble-but-correct opinion*, Linux and its
> origins fit into the general topic of UNIX history
> just as well as those of Research UNIX or BSD or
> SVr4.2.2.2.2.2.2.2 or SunOS or IRIX or Ultrix or
> Tru64-compaqted-HPSauce or whatever.  It all stems
> from the same roots, despite the protestations of
> purists from all sides.
> 
> Warren gets final say, of course, but to encourage
> him I will say: Ploooogie!
> 
> Norman Wilson
> Toronto ON
> 
> * One of Peter Weinberger's sayings that I still
> enjoy overusing.

-- 
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Larry McVoy            	     lm at mcvoy.com             http://www.mcvoy.com/lm 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-17 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 146+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-17 18:08 Norman Wilson
2020-07-17 18:14 ` John Cowan
2020-07-17 18:19 ` Larry McVoy [this message]
2020-07-17 19:53 ` [TUHS] Linux is on-topic Warren Toomey
2020-07-17 19:57   ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17 20:00     ` Adam Thornton
2020-07-17 20:04       ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17 20:03     ` Dan Cross
2020-07-17 23:31       ` A. P. Garcia
2020-07-19 10:26       ` emanuel stiebler
2020-07-17 20:07     ` Warren Toomey
2020-07-17 20:12       ` Warner Losh
2020-07-17 20:19       ` Clem Cole
2020-07-19  9:54       ` Sergio Pedraja
2020-07-17 20:08     ` Michael Kjörling
2020-07-17 20:55       ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17 21:28         ` Michael Kjörling
2020-07-18 20:22           ` Ed Carp
2020-07-18 20:29             ` Warner Losh
2020-07-19  2:31               ` Gregg Levine
2020-07-19  3:46               ` Wesley Parish
2020-07-19  4:42                 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-19 18:01                   ` Michael Parson
2020-07-20  8:47                     ` [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] arnold
2020-07-20  9:46                       ` Arno Griffioen
2020-07-20 16:35                         ` Arthur Krewat
2020-07-20 17:44                           ` Arno Griffioen
2020-07-20 19:07                         ` Rich Morin
2020-07-20 19:45                           ` Al Kossow
2020-07-20 19:49                             ` Al Kossow
2020-07-24  0:01                               ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-20 20:20                         ` Ed Carp
2020-07-20 21:02                           ` John Cowan
2020-07-20 22:27                             ` Ed Carp
2020-07-24  0:04                             ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-31 23:02                             ` Dave Horsfall
2020-07-31 23:12                               ` Richard Salz
2020-08-01  1:36                                 ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-01 16:08                                   ` Nemo Nusquam
2020-08-01 17:01                                     ` Arthur Krewat
2020-08-13  0:00                                   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-13  1:47                                     ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-13  3:15                                       ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-08-13  4:02                                         ` Larry Cashdollar via TUHS
2020-08-31 21:12                                         ` Dave Horsfall
2020-09-03 14:10                                           ` Michael Parson
2020-08-13  1:53                                     ` Nemo Nusquam
2020-08-13 17:14                                   ` Dan Cross
2020-08-13 17:19                                     ` Henry Bent
2020-08-13 17:58                                       ` Warner Losh
2020-08-13 20:04                                       ` John Cowan
2020-08-13 20:52                                         ` Dan Cross
2020-08-14 17:31                                         ` Paul Winalski
2020-08-15  1:24                                           ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-18 13:57                                         ` Derek Fawcus
2020-08-18 14:11                                           ` John Cowan
2020-08-31 21:20                                         ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-13 19:18                                     ` Adam Thornton
2020-08-13 19:28                                       ` Warner Losh
2020-08-13 20:15                                         ` [TUHS] AIX link repost [was " Charles H Sauer
2020-08-13 20:09                                       ` [TUHS] " Rich
2020-08-13 20:16                                         ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-13 20:17                                         ` Dr Iain Maoileoin
2020-08-14  1:04                                         ` Christopher Browne
2020-08-14 17:18                                           ` Jim Capp
2020-08-14 17:37                                             ` Jim Capp
2020-08-14 17:39                                             ` Jon Steinhart
2020-08-15  0:33                                               ` Rich
2020-08-15  1:20                                                 ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-15  2:08                                                   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-15  2:47                                                     ` Warner Losh
2020-08-15 17:44                                                     ` Paul Winalski
2020-08-15 12:05                                                   ` Thomas Paulsen
2020-08-15  1:33                                                 ` Jon Steinhart
2020-08-15  2:02                                                 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-08-15  2:45                                                   ` Andrew Hume
2020-08-15 16:55                                                     ` William Cheswick
2020-08-15  3:29                                                   ` Larry McVoy
2020-08-15  1:40                                             ` Gregg Levine
2020-08-13 22:24                                     ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-24  0:02                           ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-20  9:48                       ` Andrew Warkentin
2020-07-20 11:49                         ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-20 14:36                           ` Clem Cole
2020-07-20 17:24                           ` John Cowan
2020-07-20 22:11                           ` Ed Carp
2020-07-21  1:04                             ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-22  3:13                               ` tytso
2020-07-22  5:40                                 ` Bakul Shah
2020-07-22 14:16                                   ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-20 12:32                       ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2020-07-20 12:54                         ` Andrew Warkentin
2020-07-21  1:50                           ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-21  2:30                             ` Gregg Levine
2020-07-22  3:44                         ` Jason
2020-07-22 12:23                           ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2020-07-20 14:28                       ` Clem Cole
2020-07-22  3:50                         ` Jason
2020-07-22  4:26                           ` Henry Bent
2020-07-24  0:10                             ` Chris Hanson
2020-07-20  0:24               ` [TUHS] Linux is on-topic Ed Carp
2020-07-22  3:41             ` Jason
2020-07-22 16:15               ` Michael Parson
2020-07-18  3:34     ` Tomasz Rola
2020-07-18 16:45     ` Christopher Browne
2020-07-19  7:32       ` Lars Brinkhoff
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-07-16  4:17 [TUHS] H.J. Lu Bootable Root & Base System disks Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17  1:40 ` John Gilmore
2020-07-17  1:59   ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17  3:35     ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17  5:18       ` Random832
2020-07-17 13:12         ` Ron Pool
2020-07-17 23:50         ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-21  4:15           ` tytso
2020-07-21 17:49             ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17  5:23       ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17  5:41         ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17  6:04           ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17 15:12             ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17 17:19               ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17 17:26               ` Warner Losh
2020-07-17 17:50                 ` Adam Thornton
2020-07-17 20:16                 ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17 21:48                 ` A. P. Garcia
2020-07-17 19:46               ` Harald Arnesen
2020-07-17  5:24       ` Adam Thornton
2020-07-17  5:30 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17 20:37   ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17 18:16 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-05-18  1:33 ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-21  9:46   ` Sean Dwyer via TUHS
2021-05-26  1:12     ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  1:34       ` Gregg Levine
2021-05-26  2:53         ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  6:06       ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-05-26  7:03         ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  7:37           ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-05-26  7:45             ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  7:51               ` arnold
2021-05-26  7:56               ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-05-26 14:58                 ` Clem Cole
2021-05-26 18:12                   ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26 23:29                     ` Chris Torek
2021-05-26 14:06               ` Al Kossow
2021-05-26 14:25                 ` Larry McVoy
2021-05-26 14:57               ` Clem Cole

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