[ale] inventing the future: university vs corp

[Geoffrey]

Bao C. Ha wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> 
>>UNIX was not
>>created in a University.
>>It was created in a Company.
>>
> 
> Unix came from Multics, which was an MIT research project.

http://www.multicians.org/unix.html

Because Ken and Dennis had previous experiences in Multics, then created 
this new thing called UNIX reduces the value of their work?  Come on. 
Very few folks create something without leveraging that which they 
already know.

> And who perfected it?  Certainly not AT&T/Bell Labs?

Cheap shot.  So you discount that which Bell Labs did for UNIX?

> And who gave us tcp/ip, which is powering the Internet!
> 
> Believe me, you don't want to live in a networking world 
> with competing protocols like SNA, DecNet, IPX/SPX, 
> AppleTalk, and Lan Manager.

Agreed.

> 
> Bao
> 
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I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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