Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)

Davide Libenzi (davidel@maticad.it)
Tue, 4 May 1999 12:23:34 +0200


>I have to disagree with you on this. Respect is earned not automatically
>given. He might be the father of UNIX but the first incarnations of UNIX
>were ugly. and also, I would have thought that he would have at least
>TRIED Linux himself, installing it, configurating it, and using it. There
>is no substitute, especially with all his background & experience. I think
>he has made a big mistake by basing decisions upon some
>crippled/broken/badly configured Linux systems that he only used/saw. How
>can I give him respect if he did that?
>

Agree ^ 3

Davide.

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