Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 11:05:34 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: dg@root.com, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Unix Gurus shift to Microsoft (fwd) Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970408110531.00b24c50@etinc.com>
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At 06:56 AM 4/8/97 -0700, David Greenman wrote: >>On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, David Greenman wrote: >> >>> >> In case you follow these things, three of the original Unix >>> >> development >>> >> team (Rob Kolstad (Mr Kernel), Mike Karels (Mr VI), and Kirk McKusick >>> >> (Mr C)) have resigned from BSDI and are joining Microsoft, reporting >>> >> directly to Bill Gates. Kolstad is to be Senior VP of R&D and >>> >> technical >>> >> advisor to the Board of Directors - pretty serious stuff. >>> >>> This was of course announced originally on April 1st. The funny thing >>> above isn't so much that the person seems to be taking this seriously, but >>> rather the attributions (Rob Kolstad = Mr Kernel, Mike = Mr VI, and Kirk >>> Mr C)...what a laugh. :-) >> >>I wasn't quite sure since the original message I had was dated April 4. > > ...Jordan just jogged my memory about this: It originally appeared in >the ;login magazine along with a bunch of other April 1st type "news" >stories. It was written seriously enough and mixed in with other non-fool's >stories as to make it difficult for the lay person to know what was truth and >what was not (although this particular story was so outrageous that I don't >see how anyone could take it seriously). its not THAT outrageous...if you think those guys can't be bought (they already have been, in fact), then you're head is in the sand....stranger things have happened..... db
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