From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 14:03:13 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] Windows roots and Unix influence (was Re: Happy birthday, Ken Thompson!) In-Reply-To: References: <20180204091435.GA22841@indra.papnet.eu> <00d001d39ddc$a069a380$e13cea80$@ronnatalie.com> <0B2B7C84-12D8-49A6-BAA3-BD434823D41D@cheswick.com> <371a22e7-d58f-04e9-f1b6-c8efa0b31406@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Tue, 6 Feb 2018, Warner Losh wrote: > Motorola's satellites were in orbit -- I forgot the name of the > actual venture -- and MS had just paired with somebody to put > their own satellites up.  Fear everywhere.) > > Wasn't that Iridium? A joint venture with Qualcomm, IIRC. Shouldn't that be called "Osmium"[*] now? :-) [*] Interesting metal, osmium; stinks to high heaven, just like... never mind. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."