[CALUG] CALUG inquiry - public access Unix history

[James Howard]

Oooo, forget I said that.  You mean something very different.

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 4:28 PM James Howard <jh at jameshoward.us> wrote:

> I wrote this 18 years ago.
>
>   http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=170
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> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 4:10 PM Shawn Webb <lattera at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There's this: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo
>>
>> I'd be interested in giving feedback on the paper as well.
>>
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>> On Sat, Jun 09, 2018 at 03:59:26PM -0400, cmccabe wrote:
>> > Hi folks!
>> >
>> > I am forwarding to you the relevant part of an email I sent to Chuck
>> > earlier.  If you're willing to give me feedback on this paper, please
>> > respond to me at this email address.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Carl
>> >
>> > On Sat, 9 Jun 2018, cmccabe wrote:
>> >
>> > > One reason I am writing to you is I want to see if there is anyone in
>> > > CALUG that would be willing to volunteer time to review an informal
>> > > paper I've been writing.  The topic is the history and future of
>> public
>> > > access Unix systems.  It traces the history of these systems from the
>> > > early 1980's to the modern day, and most importantly tries to argue
>> that
>> > > these things are so cool that a new generation of users should sign on
>> > > and participate in them. So it's somewhat of an evangelical piece.
>> > >
>> > > I didn't really get into *NIX until 2004-ish, so a lot of the prior
>> > > history, and especially in the 80's, is something I'm trying to piece
>> > > together from talking with others and reading.  I would value input
>> from
>> > > anyone who has a better (ideally first-hand) familiarity with that
>> > > history.
>> > >
>> > > And once the paper is done, might that be a presentation/discussion
>> > > topic of interest for a CALUG meeting?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Carl
>> > >
>> >
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