27 Nov
2016
27 Nov
'16
11:17 p.m.
Yes, he had died by the time I knew what UNIX was. My jest was always that
there was only one person who truly understood troff and he was dead.
-----Original Message-----
From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 5:15 PM
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
Subject: [TUHS] RIP J.F.Ossanna
We lost J.F.Ossanna in 1977; he had a hand in developing Unix, and was
responsible for "roff" and its descendants. Remember him, the next time you
see "jfo" in documentation.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."