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> On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton <athornton@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Early AIX is what happens when you give a detailed description of Unix =
to mainframers who've never seen Unix, and then tell them to implement =
that system, and then ship it, without at any point letting someone =
who's used an actual Unix system touch it.

My favorite characterization of AIX came from Barry Shein: "It will =
remind you of Unix."

-r