From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:53:57 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] 2018: eighteen months to the Unix 50th anniversary In-Reply-To: <20180110105758.GA2099@minnie.tuhs.org> References: <20180109003018.GB29792@minnie.tuhs.org> <20180110033459.GB27612@eureka.lemis.com> <20180110065351.GD27612@eureka.lemis.com> <20180110105758.GA2099@minnie.tuhs.org> Message-ID: <4c313c07-9a36-b6f9-2e90-5992c60d263a@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> On 01/10/2018 03:57 AM, Warren Toomey wrote: >> If not maintaining itself, right on the verge of maintaining itself, >> to totally sever the GECOS connection. > > So, while we don't have an exact date, it's reasonable to assume that, > sometime around July 1969, Unix was at a point where it was self-hosting. Somehow I was not aware that Unix was ever dependent on another OS. I get the impression that GECOS was more integral with early Unix than I had ever imagined. It sounds like more than just the GECOS field in /etc/passwd for associating Unix accounts with GECOS accounts on other machines. -- Grant. . . . unix || die -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3982 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: