Similar. Everyone at Bell Labs was so *proper*. (Except Ken, of course. Ken is *sui generis*, and a Californian). I'm sure it wasn't really me, but it felt like I was the first person to utter a curse word in the Unix room. -rob On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 7:26 AM George Michaelson wrote: > Bit of this in ietf too. Inner cohort of vint and similar background wear > three piece suits. > > Three: vest not optional. > > A west coast mob wear tie-dye tees. > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, 6:18 am Rob Pike, wrote: > >> I see a stylistic connection between the style of writing of the manuals >> and the New York journalism, especially that of the New Yorker. When I >> arrived at Bell Labs, I was a little taken aback by the change of culture >> in writing, dressing, and entertainment compared to my years as a grad >> student in California. I mean, I fit in - I subscribed to the New Yorker - >> but I felt like a bum in a room full of high society folk. >> >> That feeling never really left. >> >> -rob >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 6:35 AM John Cowan wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 1:37 PM Dan Cross wrote: >>> >>> It seems like Unix is largely a child of the coasts. >>>> >>>> >>> We can add the eastern coast of Australia, where the original Wollongong >>> group made the first V6 port to the Interdata 7/32 (not to be confused with >>> the Labs port to the 8/32). The Western U.S. company of the same name was >>> formed to sell it, but I don't know if any of the Ozites moved to Palo Alto. >>> >>