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It was because adding one to each of the letters in UNIX yields gibberish, but adding one to each of the letters in VMS gets WNT. Era-appropriate joking aside:
by JdeBP 1y ago
It was because adding one to each of the letters in UNIX yields gibberish, but adding one to each of the letters in VMS gets WNT.
Era-appropriate joking aside: There's no actual evidence that Cutler held the views on Unix, or even on DEC's Eunice, that have been ascribed to xem from anecdotes by Armando Stettner and edits to Wikipedia and writing by G. Pascal Zachary. I and others went into more detail on this years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22814012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22814012
- unwind 1y agoReally? VOJY could easily be a modern company, couldn't it? The .dot was parked though ... :)
- gonzopancho 1y agoDidn’t Cutler design Mach?
- JdeBP 1y agoNo. * https://cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/mach/public/www/people-former.html https://cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/mach/public/www/people-for...
- ferguess_k 1y agoThanks. Maybe I should change the question to "Which part of Unix design did D.C. think is less appropriate/desirable" to prevent fanning flames...