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=HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 8180 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2020 17:19:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 14 Aug 2020 17:19:42 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 350B29DF58; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:19:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 312559DF42; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:18:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8ECCA9CAAE; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:18:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [67.110.179.138]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2E39CAA8 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:18:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A515100FF for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:18:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.anteil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Is2DN8A2ozi6 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:18:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.100.113] (unknown [192.168.100.113]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 50FF310059 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:18:49 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-583D1ACB-EB82-4E17-9C1A-1C76CD4E0EEE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jim Capp Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:18:48 -0400 Message-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (17G68) 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail-583D1ACB-EB82-4E17-9C1A-1C76CD4E0EEE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I first ran across A/UX at a tradeshow.=20 I can=E2=80=99t recall the date, but I remember very clearly approaching an I= BM sales rep who told me that they took UNIX and =E2=80=9Cfixed all the bugs= =E2=80=9D. =20 I shook my head and laughed as I walked away.=20 > On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Christopher Browne wrote= : >=20 > =EF=BB=BF >=20 >=20 >> On Thu., Aug. 13, 2020, 4:11 p.m. Rich, wrote: >> > On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton wrote: >> >=20 >> > Early AIX is what happens when you give a detailed description of Unix t= o mainframers who've never seen Unix, and then tell them to implement that s= ystem, and then ship it, without at any point letting someone who's used an a= ctual Unix system touch it. >>=20 >> My favorite characterization of AIX came from Barry Shein: "It will remin= d you of Unix." >=20 >=20 > My favorite was from David Megginson, whose observation was that "you don'= t run AIX, you chase it" --Apple-Mail-583D1ACB-EB82-4E17-9C1A-1C76CD4E0EEE Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I first ran across A/UX at= a tradeshow. 

I can=E2= =80=99t recall the date, but I remember very clearly approaching an IBM sale= s rep who told me that they took UNIX and =E2=80=9Cfixed all the bugs=E2=80=9D= .  

I shook my head an= d laughed as I walked away. 

On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@gmail= .com> wrote:

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On Thu., Aug. 13, 2020, 4:11 p.m. Rich= , <r= dm@cfcl.com> wrote:
> On Aug 1= 3, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton <athornton@gmail.com> w= rote:
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> Early AIX is what happens when you give a detailed description of Unix t= o mainframers who've never seen Unix, and then tell them to implement that s= ystem, and then ship it, without at any point letting someone who's used an a= ctual Unix system touch it.

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

My favorite was from David Megginson, whose observation was that "you= don't run AIX, you chase it"
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