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From: tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay)
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Subject: Re: Why unix doesn't catch on
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Date: 3 May 89 21:52:56 GMT
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In article (Anthony Scian) writes:
>Yes. A company that ignores history is doomed to repeat it.
>Maybe they'll invent SNOBOL in five years. It is beyond comprehension
>how anybody can develop an OS in assembly language this day and age.
>Where have the OS architects at Microsoft been for the last two decades?

That's just it.  In my (uninformed) opinion, Microsoft doesn't have
any *architects*.  According to the introduction to _Inside OS/2_,
this guy Letwin (the author of the book and "architect" of OS/2) is
somebody Bill Gates met at a hacker conference and hired immediately.
I doubt that he has any formal OS experience.  It is all just a hack.