From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 17f93a7e for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 02:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AFF049BCD2; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:58:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFAAA9BCAE; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:58:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3F2E79BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:58:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nb3.reedmedia.net (nb3.reedmedia.net [71.19.148.35]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0521B945FC for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:58:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [47.185.49.132] (helo=reedmedia.net) by nb3.reedmedia.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1ip1Xv-0006O9-PY for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 02:58:12 +0000 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 16472-1578452284; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 20:58:04 -0600 Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 20:58:04 -0600 (CST) From: reed@reedmedia.net X-X-Sender: reed@t1.m.reedmedia.net To: tuhs@tuhs.org In-Reply-To: <20200108005006.GL64020@eureka.lemis.com> Message-ID: References: <20200107105615.GA16081@minnie.tuhs.org> <20200108005006.GL64020@eureka.lemis.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (NEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [TUHS] IBM PC and XENIX (was: What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines)) 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 Wed, 8 Jan 2020, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 7 January 2020 at 16:22:41 -0600, reed@reedmedia.net wrote: > > November 1985 issue has an article by Bill Gates. > > "Significantly, at the time the XENIX project was started [mid 1980], > > the IBM Personal Computer had not been announced." > > You don't say where this quote comes from. The use of pluperfect > suggests that it's not from the Unix/World article. The PC was > announced in August 1981, and the PC-AT was released in August 1984, > so the date of the article fits well. It was from the magazine. I added the brackets for the date which came from an earlier sentence in the article.