Quote nitpick [WAS: Re: VMS architects]

From: Mark Gregory <mgregory_at_vantageresearch.com>
Date: Tue Nov 2 15:06:12 1999

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From: Marc Hustvedt <mhustved_at_umich.edu>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: VMS architects


< much snipped >

> Cutler wasn't the only key person behind VMS; the other was Dick Hustvedt,
> who was evenrtually injured in a traffic accident pulling out from DEC's
> driveway onto Spit Brook Road and ended up on permanent disability with
> short-term memory loss. A friend in the VMS group said that Hustvedt, not
> Cutler, was responsible for much more of the tricky, nifty stuff in VMS.
> But the survivors get to write the history.
> "There Ain't No Such Thing As Justice." -- Larry Niven


I think you're confusing :
TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - Robert Heinlein? with
TANJ - There Ain't No Justice - Larry Niven, "The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton"

Mark.
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