On Thu., Aug. 13, 2020, 4:11 p.m. Rich, <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:

> On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton <athornton@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Early AIX is what happens when you give a detailed description of Unix to mainframers who've never seen Unix, and then tell them to implement that system, and then ship it, without at any point letting someone who's used an actual Unix system touch it.

My favorite characterization of AIX came from Barry Shein: "It will remind you of Unix."

My favorite was from David Megginson, whose observation was that "you don't run AIX, you chase it"