Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:07:54 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: lists@freebsdonline.com, Rick N <solarux@hotmail.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Message-ID: <49EFB15A.3010807@telenix.org> In-Reply-To: <20090421230721.GF65705@dereel.lemis.com> References: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> <BAY113-W7743B2E2FBFC28E3A220CA1770@phx.gbl> <20090421230721.GF65705@dereel.lemis.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 21 April 2009 at 11:05:24 +0000, Rick N wrote: >> (Actually) and Histrorically, Sun had a lot to do with the BSD's >> (and vice-versa), Bill Joy's early work and contibution to the >> BSD/Unix which later he took to form a little company called Sun >> Microsytems in the late '70's. > > This is more than a slight understatement. Bill Joy created BSD, more > or less single-handedly. Suppose this could be true, but it's not what I read ... that it started with the 4 folks in the CSRG, but began (pretty early on) getting contributions from all over the globe. I wouldn't want to minimize what Bill Joy did, but saying he did it "more of less singlehandedly" seems to be an unfair exaggeration. I guess I would say I was skeptical about giving him that much credit. I wonder if he would agree? God knows, though, that what he DID do was pretty huge. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknvsVoACgkQz62J6PPcoOnx3wCfSpmmZDJUOyvXVuUVWig2okqc AUAAnim0fWGYX8KWq16cjf+kgBrcK5tu =u4im -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?49EFB15A.3010807>