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=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28696 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2021 22:42:12 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Apr 2021 22:42:12 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BB25B9CA79; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:42:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8E79C78E; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CE2D69C723; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta09p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta09p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.9]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA98C9C722 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep09p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210406224122.DESE6862.nsstlfep09p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:22 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrudejiedgudefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkeeiteejueeuhfefgeeuvdduieefvedugfevtdffkefhffejkefhuddtteehtefhnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5FE6CD411D0CB5ED for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:22 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 136MfMOg049027 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:22 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 136MfMeK049024 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:22 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:41:21 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] PC Unix (had been How to Kill a Technical Conference 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" On Tue, 6 Apr 2021, M Douglas McIlroy wrote: > IBM famously failed to buy the well-established CP/M in 1980. (CP/M had > been introduced in 1974, before the advent of the LSI-11 on which LSX > ran.) [...] And unlike the popular urban myth, Gary Kildall was not out playing golf when IBM tried to contact him. -- Dave