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 19312 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2020 22:03:33 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Aug 2020 22:03:33 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DA24B9DFA7; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:03:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 671F793D06; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:02:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E8E549CAD9; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:02:12 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 6212 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:02:11 AEST Received: from sys10.scotnet.net (unknown [217.16.223.20]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F36179CAAE for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:02:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [192.168.0.156] (94.196.90.238.threembb.co.uk [94.196.90.238]) (authenticated bits=0) by sys10.scotnet.net (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id 07DKHha1018374; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:18:04 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) From: Dr Iain Maoileoin In-Reply-To: <28CC915D-5EC7-4555-B5AC-CEFB677385C4@cfcl.com> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:17:43 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <3BA883F2-865C-40A2-AA9E-DC4B87135DA1@csp-partnership.co.uk> References: <8e7efd45-a84e-cf20-9d30-8222357596a3@tnetconsulting.net> <202007200847.06K8l8DF026646@freefriends.org> <20200720094648.GE15253@ancienthardware.org> <20200801013605.GG10778@mcvoy.com> <28CC915D-5EC7-4555-B5AC-CEFB677385C4@cfcl.com> To: Rich X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] 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" In the UK, in the 80s?, IBM used to put up HUGE billboards with a slogan = like =E2=80=9C.. we have added a million lines of code to UNIX=E2=80=9D, = some smart ar*es around the Uni would grafitti each one with =E2=80=9Cyes,= and every line was wrong=E2=80=9D. AIX had a lot going for it - in some ways, but as the feeling is here it = really was not UNIX as we knew it. I am jaundiced since my car registration is "AIX OK=E2=80=9D. > On 13 Aug 2020, at 21:09, Rich wrote: >=20 >> On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton 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. >=20 > My favorite characterization of AIX came from Barry Shein: "It will = remind you of Unix." >=20 > -r >=20