14 Aug
2020
14 Aug
'20
11:18 p.m.
I first ran across A/UX at a tradeshow.
I can’t recall the date, but I remember very clearly approaching an IBM sales rep who told
me that they took UNIX and “fixed all the bugs”.
I shook my head and laughed as I walked away.
On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Christopher Browne
<cbbrowne(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu., Aug. 13, 2020, 4:11 p.m. Rich,
<rdm(a)cfcl.com> wrote:
My favorite was from David Megginson, whose observation was that "you don't run
AIX, you chase it" On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton
<athornton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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."