building a PDP11 from the things you find at home

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Wed Aug 8 12:53:35 2001

>"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).

Sounds like it's based on a quote that goes something like this, "those who
don't know history are doomed to repeat it". What I want to know is why
does every OS seem to think it needs to look like UNIX these days?

                                Zane

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