Matt <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mark Kent wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Matt on Sunday 11 November 2007 12:59 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>> MIT releases the sources of MULTICS, the father of UNIX!
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | This is extraordinary news for all nerds, computer scientists and the Open
>>>>> | Source community: the source code of the MULTICS operating system
>>>>> | (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service), the father of UNIX and
>>>>> | all modern OSes, has finally been opened.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> http://www.kirps.com/web/main/_blog/all/mit-releases-the-sources-of-multics-the-father-of-unix.shtml
>>>> Not clear why you didn't mention 'MULTICS' in the subject line of your post.
>>> I never heard about MULTICS before, so I was (perhaps wrongly) assuming that
>>> saying "the father of UNIX"--as in the headline of the cited blog item--would
>>> be OK.
>>>
>>
>> You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to say "most
>> people probably haven't heard of multics, so it would be a sh1t
>> headline."
>>
>> My case proven, I think.
>
> One thing that you _have_ proven is not so pretty.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance
Ah, you'd be trolling then - nobody with a brain would've made such a
basic error.
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