Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="SrjqyMIz"; dkim-atps=neutral From: Rob Pike Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:17:56 +1100 To: John Cowan Subject: Re: [TUHS] Coastal cultures, collaboration, creativity and Sun vs DEC. Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I see a stylistic connection between the style of writing of the manuals and the New York journalism, especially that of the New Yorker. When I arrived at Bell Labs, I was a little taken aback by the change of culture in writing, dressing, and entertainment compared to my years as a grad student in California. I mean, I fit in - I subscribed to the New Yorker - but I felt like a bum in a room full of high society folk. That feeling never really left. -rob On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 6:35 AM John Cowan wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 1:37 PM Dan Cross wrote: > > It seems like Unix is largely a child of the coasts. >> >> > We can add the eastern coast of Australia, where the original Wollongong > group made the first V6 port to the Interdata 7/32 (not to be confused with > the Labs port to the 8/32). The Western U.S. company of the same name was > formed to sell it, but I don't know if any of the Ozites moved to Palo Alto. >