Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 09:14:30 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@consys.com> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: Unix Gurus shift to Microsoft (fwd) Message-ID: <199704081614.JAA14604@conceptual.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Apr 1997 11:05:34 -0400." <3.0.32.19970408110531.00b24c50@etinc.com>
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> At 06:56 AM 4/8/97 -0700, David Greenman wrote: > >>On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, David Greenman wrote: > >> > >>> >> In case you follow these things, three of the original Unix > >>> >> development > >>> >> team (Rob Kolstad (Mr Kernel), Mike Karels (Mr VI), and Kirk McKusick > >>> >> (Mr C)) have resigned from BSDI and are joining Microsoft, reporting > >>> >> directly to Bill Gates. Kolstad is to be Senior VP of R&D and > >>> >> technical > >>> >> advisor to the Board of Directors - pretty serious stuff. > >>> > >>> This was of course announced originally on April 1st. The funny thing > >>> above isn't so much that the person seems to be taking this seriously, but > >>> rather the attributions (Rob Kolstad = Mr Kernel, Mike = Mr VI, and Kirk > >>> Mr C)...what a laugh. :-) > >> > >>I wasn't quite sure since the original message I had was dated April 4. > > > > ...Jordan just jogged my memory about this: It originally appeared in > >the ;login magazine along with a bunch of other April 1st type "news" > >stories. It was written seriously enough and mixed in with other non-fool's > >stories as to make it difficult for the lay person to know what was truth and > >what was not (although this particular story was so outrageous that I don't > >see how anyone could take it seriously). > > its not THAT outrageous...if you think those guys can't be bought (they > already > have been, in fact), then you're head is in the sand....stranger things have > happened..... > > db > Yup. They bought Gordon Bell and C.J. Date in the last year or so. Russell
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