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Kirk McKusick gives a great ~45min talk called the history of BSD at conferences. There are essentially 3 versions (one about the lawsuit, one about the TCP w
by drewg123 3y ago
Kirk McKusick gives a great ~45min talk called the history of BSD at conferences. There are essentially 3 versions (one about the lawsuit, one about the TCP wars with BBN, and one about the early history), and he asks the audience to vote on which version they want to hear. Search for Kirk McKusick history of BSD on YouTube, or come to a BSD conference to hear it.
And I'd recommend coming to a conference, just so you can talk to Kirk. He's one of the most down to earth, friendly and just generally nice luminaries I've ever talked to in person.
- panick21_ 3y agoBuying those lectures from him is quite a journey. The most difficult internet sale I have ever made. Very manual process. But I wanted to make sure he gets some money, even if the talks are mostly online anyway.
- microtherion 3y agoYes, I have fond memories of the one or two times I heard him as well. One bit I remember from his presentation was his parable of BSD as the building of a road, with Bill Joy (IIRC) hacking a path through the jungle with a machete, someone else driving a bulldozer along that path, somebody pouring asphalt, somebody adding streetlights, and finally somebody (I seem to recall it was Sam Leffler) painting the streetlights.
- steve1977 3y agoI’ve actually bought a recording of these talks something like 20 years ago. It was either on DVD or maybe even VHS.
- drewg123 3y agoOh! I forgot he still sells those. Its now offered as a downloadable video file as well. See https://www.mckusick.com/history/videoorderform.html https://www.mckusick.com/history/videoorderform.html