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 c44ec13f for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 23:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 39BE69BCBE; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 09:49:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C59839BCB5; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 09:49:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 60BF99BCA9; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 09:49:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nb3.reedmedia.net (nb3.reedmedia.net [71.19.148.35]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60139945FC for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 09:49:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [47.185.49.132] (helo=reedmedia.net) by nb3.reedmedia.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1ipL4P-0007ej-PA for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 23:49:02 +0000 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 16389-1578527335; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:48:56 -0600 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 17:48:55 -0600 (CST) From: reed@reedmedia.net X-X-Sender: reed@t1.m.reedmedia.net To: UNIX Heritage Society In-Reply-To: <20200108215517.GP64020@eureka.lemis.com> Message-ID: References: <20200107105615.GA16081@minnie.tuhs.org> <7zxjn49rcpnbpgv7zbq4rxgv@localhost> <20200108215517.GP64020@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] Dating quotes (was: What happened with XENIX?) 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 Thu, 9 Jan 2020, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 8 January 2020 at 12:18:01 +0000, Michael Kj?rling wrote: > > > > So by "mid 1980", what would eventually lead up to the IBM PC was at > > most _just barely_ getting started. > > Right, but my recollection is that the original quote was "mid 1980s" > (i.e. round 1985), not "mid 1980". "mid-1980" (without "s") was from page 31 https://archive.org/details/Unix_World_Vol02_10.pdf/page/n29 (It is in a sidebar; I will still attribute it to Gates.) (I'd think mid-1980s with "s" wouldn't make sense for an article written probably before October 1985.)