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,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18115 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2021 16:12:06 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Mar 2021 16:12:06 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2B4C59C6A6; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:11:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9470B9B68B; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:11:12 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dartmouth.edu header.i=@dartmouth.edu header.b="zNk8G7TK"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 03B139B68B; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:11:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f47.google.com (mail-wr1-f47.google.com [209.85.221.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58CFA9B57E for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:11:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f47.google.com with SMTP id v11so9652773wro.7 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:11:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=B4vEDraGC60tvE3WOjwajJCHxgo+P/f6q/MS4FTDI48=; b=zNk8G7TKeE7+O0WvpB6I3mKUCFYqeSZNb4K7cz3WQ4IkvVORAdiiywspj6K1NedbQ7 U4iJM5AdakPOaGW1KJisVvmmK5spqDZfIf8zN1KjGVLliwSXHxn0zJypzRAW0ie7Jk3K LOnBojYXC0YzJPevTb5FeE+hH/WtQjOGJgC6sui0JiNdRjqKXPv9yJSt/kPSVz7pEkSy Wfb241Q4O336/HqCZTjLcIxyQTl91ziWAJkkA3/rvQHi8eDdeYCtVXbrefCjvpCEGZ2a 6+xOfdzJW9q5gwZme18xqp1ZxuWDRoWIA7uvo4b0bMx4Nj2kVHEtWkM23cPD+jxjKVB+ KcaA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=B4vEDraGC60tvE3WOjwajJCHxgo+P/f6q/MS4FTDI48=; b=mjyg7jr1OMD9ON/T7EotHMnl9lkRUVYE/4hEhp49EWt3Li4q6oZwJ2EnHGhNd5nPIP LVlJUoICWdZj8Me3k75cVa3hl0pB/zMH6Q5daniQq/eiXSGYSDsCOq6KP0o0geXhAv3g 9kdaxgK2Jg+98oATnCEEHsbGJN9u9oayEOI6UrEAZHruVXi+NmbqJWw4f42qTQxb5nNl RKy6Ebcy7wabEhggQStxr5bq1hpA3FS8zVUcjS0fff1GxI6sDSHQMR6RZa6K9bnCSyYD bN1EMx4jJBtHlI7DU8crVaeLCP4kh18D8mFMDwtor0oGVNFSJmbzuB7zBb98/KBTyDFS e4tQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531QiQa+Wq9ZYIrKErOQ1K358Jdq5U5VSjEhEoEaU1bbaQc0mf+A 19M1Z+0P2U4hBesMYpIt+jfPqTzkaEakjQl+Kd1GDkCno1M5zg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz8wi5rOGerehEU8NiM4/4HzPgxCcWjG0ojWMpWAHiFMdzigd5pfP2wNuwzZbt6Ez+gtQ4wUmBXPPTjJgJ+vH8= X-Received: by 2002:adf:f841:: with SMTP id d1mr5315216wrq.36.1616170262331; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:11:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: M Douglas McIlroy Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:10:47 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000062137e05bde5f683" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Surprised about Unix System V in the 80's - so sparse 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" --00000000000062137e05bde5f683 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > When you're the phone company, calls are free Not so. But the culture prioritized phone use in a way that's been completely forgotten. High execs would answer their own phones when they were at their desks. "Your call is very important to us. Please wait for the first available representative" would have been anathema. One of my few managerial decrees in the Unix lab was to give a year's notice that "research" would stop forwarding Usenet traffic, not because of phones, but because uucp was becoming a burden on our computer. Doug --00000000000062137e05bde5f683 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> When you're the phone company, c= alls are free

Not so. But the culture = prioritized phone use in a way
that's been completely forgott= en. High execs would
answer their own phones when they were at th= eir
desks. "Your call is very important to us. Please wait
for the first available representative" would have been
=
anathema.=C2=A0
One of my few managerial decrees in the Unix= lab was
to give a year's notice that "research" wo= uld=C2=A0 stop
forwarding Usenet traffic, not because of phones, = but
because uucp was becoming a burden on our computer.

Doug


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