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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29713 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2020 01:41:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Aug 2020 01:41:31 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id ABC239DFA3; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:41:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 805379B620; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:40:48 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="sN8xMAAu"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2C8279B620; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:40:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f51.google.com (mail-qv1-f51.google.com [209.85.219.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3B829B5F4 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:40:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f51.google.com with SMTP id w2so5160887qvh.12 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:40:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sLFLdXUEY2S1LLHMnj0ECfMMRdA6MGZ/X2nnITh4Hy0=; b=sN8xMAAul9imfubqaiNfJNmxuNFxG4m4N6mt2fz62l7esS7WRIsnob3alGZeH4OcLW ePraN0tdSReZfm8rlyepE2W1ciS+L0IWOvYTsVqimhWyFzZPGz4dHfxHYP8CT6HZnACt +1UjxVB26zn3cwA7brN6VYKPxR0fBHk45kKhG7aGv4kB+tIQvDwCiib4zQUJvcabg10C iyXpyAk2xh4DfQoLi1V+hWx9/Be8rOLnHPpGpAGxE1ZO3Wzg7Su1Rupt7M/D5RLD3Upi MZRzyJmMScTVBLYYD8NGcmEjbhmQUEyHblAawoOfPp8aeD8/EFiBuHUL4C2JVHiHFhPU eo0g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sLFLdXUEY2S1LLHMnj0ECfMMRdA6MGZ/X2nnITh4Hy0=; b=OpRWcIir9af+sxZRXYmLz3OI0ZH9Q1CmBbjIBDV9lY5fooZ42b6g/CqK7oqPQAoFhr 3gDDbcw7eNi7pHIxod3wgBLvpm4WVNjDcV3EXxfAmpr69IB2SzwKfdzRLKKed5QiwzPc YhpJf6V46bLoCy+C0B2PJnLMAnHkVln0yL2qeW3SLiYrRIIs5WBcWGI1PQCsUvrtI5R0 ENwqlRks4s0RmsRSbslbhAxr2QnFAd9QHxa8kuTlGkGBItcimpPl4JNJx/fhY3IFaNIh 6T8U7P0hLYq6728nvq3aRZkbNxK89DUnJvGbR3C/42IhQkyPJe7fK0qVue6dMGAXTC4O Gopg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530RyJh3XZgMLqUwwG4wYtEuEu+hSkot8M+g9bywaL0AYtZT6ME1 xZhh0Z453sPJ8741mqkjUXCDOSXBJx+xiInGhZE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyGbMM69lSeiRapZqzuEacSa1UmNpwfAwFK/9+QDIFVq9XdktiIqLUM1vjffup7i4CAX4mxtQvhQOWkWymbnuo= X-Received: by 2002:ad4:446d:: with SMTP id s13mr5316060qvt.183.1597455642844; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:40:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Gregg Levine Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:40:06 -0400 Message-ID: To: Jim Capp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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" Hello! And you're going to react similarly when I mention that I first met AIX at an event concerning UNIX in general, in fact UNIXEXPO, and there it was the crowd of RT/PC designs that looked like strangely dressed PC/AT ones, and scared the stuffing out of the salesperson when I simply logged into each working station by using the telnet command and asking her the name of each. Next time they looked like the way they looked much the same as the final style, and that's what the salesmen said. that. I also laughed at it. I found the SUN booth more interesting. But Larry knows why. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 1:20 PM Jim Capp wrote: > > 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 sales rep who told me that they took UNIX and =E2=80=9Cfixed all the= bugs=E2=80=9D. > > I shook my head and laughed as I walked away. > > On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Christopher Browne wrot= e: > > =EF=BB=BF > > > On Thu., Aug. 13, 2020, 4:11 p.m. Rich, wrote: >> >> > On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton wrote: >> > >> > 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 tha= t 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 remi= nd you of Unix." > > > My favorite was from David Megginson, whose observation was that "you don= 't run AIX, you chase it"