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- From: xyzzy@mertwig.UUCP (Daniel Drucker)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Whence Unix? (was Re: IS UNIX DEAD?)
- Message-ID: <uoVVTB2w165w@mertwig.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 15:22:53 EST
- References: <Bx9vDB.8HI@unix.amherst.edu>
- Organization: Odd Parity Hacker's Group
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- twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
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- > In article <1992Nov5.155838.12398@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermill
- >
- > >In article <1992Nov2.123843.2787@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl
- > >
- > >>UNIX was designed by hackers for hackers (or by programmers for programmers
- > >>whichever you like best). But it is flexible, programmable, etc. so it coul
- > >>made to a real end-user system. And why not?
- > >
- > >I thought Unix was written by Bell as a word-processing system
- > >to enable them write their the phone company manuals.
- >
- > I heard that, but I also heard that Thompson's *primary* goal was to
- > find a machine for playing Space War. What's the story?
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- ken had a scavenged pdp-? and wrote Unix (a weak pun on multics) so he
- could play space war.
-
- please correct me if i am wrong!
-
- Daniel Max P. Drucker
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