building a PDP11 from the things you find at home

From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
Date: Wed Aug 8 07:26:39 2001

At 03:38 PM 7/28/01 +0100, Iggy wrote:
>Personally, I think there's too much UNIX in OSX. They not only took the
>kernel, but the entire environment as well.
>Otherwise, (this wioll keep us within the ten-year rule), it reminds me of
>MiNT/MultiTOS. Incompetent OS programmers who can't make a functioning, full-
>featured system of their own just take a kernel off the rack and add some
>glue. Granted, OSX is an entirely new system of its own whereas MiNT retained
>TOS capability. But it's a tried and old concept.

"He who doesn't comprehend UNIX is destined to redesign it poorly."

Does anybody know the origin of this quote?

Carlos (I'm way behind in my reading).


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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 07:26:39 BST