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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FROM_FMBLA_NEWDOM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no 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 135e8a33 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:53:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CFF189B784; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 10:53:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2915393D8C; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 10:53:12 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; secure) header.d=inventati.org header.i=@inventati.org header.b="J9VaQPhr"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A243093D8C; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 10:53:09 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 573 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 10:53:08 AEST Received: from devianza.investici.org (devianza.investici.org [198.167.222.108]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 673D793D59 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 10:53:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from contumacia-webmail.investici.org (contumacia.vpn0.investici.org [10.0.0.11]) by devianza.investici.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51EBCE049E for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:43:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=inventati.org; s=stigmate; t=1574901811; bh=HoMpytmgGLKOaVYYIj19Yo/ABBXpl1pi8We3YYFCwbg=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=J9VaQPhrpAWTlCc1t+SnwPm9bFK1GyHe/kcgnGZTh4W0XgQTrSLY6W/sYBcY4DWAd a234oY1dUdtOobNOPgxD2oW0iHmPiap3RhgFxW7KBRthtvO6r1bbtC21QbHoZTvk4T J3Go9XuoMogQspEFIvYxKwAyVDYJuSC62ASwsybY= Received: from 1.webmail.investici.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: gallefray@inventati.org) by contumacia-webmail.investici.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 43669BEE32 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:43:31 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:43:31 +0000 From: Finn O'Leary To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail Message-ID: X-Sender: finnoleary@inventati.org Subject: Re: [TUHS] In Memoriam: J.F.Ossanna 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" Wikipedia[0] lists his name as Joseph F. Ossanna, so they don't seem to know either https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ossanna - finn On 2019-11-28 00:06, Warner Losh wrote: > What do the J and F stand for? > > Warner > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 1:54 PM Dave Horsfall wrote: > >> We lost J.F. Ossanna on this day in 1977; he had a hand in developing >> Unix, and >> was responsible for "roff" and its descendants. Remember him, the >> next >> time >> you see "jfo" in Unix documentation. >> >> He also accomplished a lot more, too much to summarise here. >> >> -- Dave >>