Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:7742 comp.misc:10773 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!nntp-server.caltech.edu!ph From: ph@sparc3.ama.caltech.edu (Paul Hardy) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Subject: Re: MULTICS and the Jargon File Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 90 08:06:10 GMT References: <1YfTW4#8MK9Xf8YJtZH970VXl0fFB3R=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> <1990Dec3.193049.8771@sctc.com> <12248@milton.u.washington.edu> <1YgzZ0#1bb89X3cQmgD00tBfF8KX0N9=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: eric@snark.thyrsus.com's message of 5 Dec 90 17:13:01 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: 131.215.105.133 In article <1YgzZ0#1bb89X3cQmgD00tBfF8KX0N9=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> eric@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes: My decision: it now reads `MESS-DOS' (accurately reflecting current hackish sentiment) but I have added a parenthetical note to the effect that ITS fans used to say this of UNIX. -- Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.thyrsus.com ITS hackers also used to say "Unix: a moment of convenience, a lifetime of regret." (I wonder if it will turn out to be true :-). Unix types nowadays say that about MS-DOS. Sic transit gloria mundi [Gloria got sick on the subway on Monday]. By the way, Moby goes back a bit before the PDP-10, to the PDP-6 (other instructions too). The "Moby Mem" (256 kwords) was one thing that gave it the ability to run a decent timesharing system (ITS). Of course, disk storage of some sort was also an issue! --Paul Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com