10 Jan
2018
10 Jan
'18
10:53 p.m.
On 01/10/2018 03:57 AM, Warren Toomey wrote:
Somehow I was not aware that Unix was ever dependent on another OS.
I get the impression that GECOS was more integral with early Unix than I
had ever imagined. It sounds like more than just the GECOS field in
/etc/passwd for associating Unix accounts with GECOS accounts on other
machines.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
If not
maintaining itself, right on the verge of maintaining itself,
to totally sever the GECOS connection.
So, while we don't have an exact date, it's reasonable to assume that,
sometime around July 1969, Unix was at a point where it was self-hosting.