Which brings up a good point. What about the "C" language intellectual property rights? It was developed by the same group at about the same time. Who do we pay royalties to for it?
Will Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] OSI answers SCO's claim. Not a quick read, but a good one. > The original SCO was a spin-off from Santa Cruz University. A number of > students got interested in porting Unix to different hardware. They called > themselves Santa Cruz Operations, Inc hence SCO. In those days AT&T allowed > them and other schools and non-profits free access to Unix code because it > wasn't really a product of Bell Labs. It started out more as an experiment > to try to find a better operating system than Multics for mini-computers. > Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) mainframe > timesharing system was a product of Bell Labs. Unix was kind of a > non-management supported development that came out of a game called "space > travel" that Ken Thompson wrote for Multics. Because it cost about $75.00 > every time they ran it he ported it to a PDP-7 (DEC -Digital Equipment > Corporation) mini-computer. He and Dennis Ritchie realized how hard it was > to run programs on PDP operating system and started working on a better > method. Unix was born and the rest is history. > In case you don't know Kenneth Thompson wrote the "B" language (precursor to > the "C" language). He was born in New Orleans by the way and is a year > younger than me. > > The really interesting guy though is Dennis Ritchie.His father also worked > at Bell Labs before him. He developed the "C" language. I suspect that we > would all still be working with Main-frame punch cards if it wasn't for him. > The "C" language more than anything else brought computing to the masses in > my opinion. If you don't believe me try to write a program, any program, in > assembly language. Just learning the OP codes for one piece of hardware will > drive you insane. > > Just a little history for you. There are probably others around here that > know this but some of you might not and find it interesting. > > Will Lowe > An ancient PDP programmer. As my brother is fond of saying "older than > dirt." > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "carson bankston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:06 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] OSI answers SCO's claim. Not a quick read, but > a good one. > > > > Not a quick read at all. The most significant > > thing indicated by that article is that no one in > > public office has the brains to comprehend the > > arguments pro or con. > > > > Now, here's an easy one: is it "SKO" or > > "S - C - 0"? > > > > carson > > > > > > --- Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html > > > > > > ===== > > > Warmest Regards, > > > > > > Doug Riddle > > > http://www.dougriddle.com > > > http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > > > http://www.libranet.com > > > -- "Firearms are second only to the > > > Constitution in importance; they are the > > > Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > ===== > > Network Administrator > > Parkview Baptist School > > (225) 291-2500 x.105 > > > > "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, it is difficult to > predict where they will land." - stolen and misquoted > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
