Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cme-durer!libes
From: libes@cme-durer.ARPA (Don Libes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Unix Folklore and Trivia
Message-ID: <704@muffin.cme-durer.ARPA>
Date: 8 Nov 88 16:39:04 GMT
References: <1088@cunixc.columbia.edu>
Reply-To: libes@cme.nbs.gov (Don Libes)
Organization: National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
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In article <1088@cunixc.columbia.edu> janie@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Janie Weiss) writes:
>Unfortunately, no text that we know of gives us much insight into that
>history ...

>If you know of any such events that shaped Unix, or any other anecdote of
>interest to new users, please let us know so they may be documented.

I recommend you get "Life With UNIX" by Don Libes (yeah, me) and Sandy
Ressler, available from Prentice-Hall.  This book is chock full of the
UNIX humor and anecdotes that define UNIX, all in the light of
presenting a comprehensive overview of the subject.