holm@ubc-bdcvax.UUCP (Terrence W. Holm) (01/29/89)
Today I received some junk mail from "The Library of
Computer and Information Sciences". They are offering
three books for $4.95. One of the books is called
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. Of
the author of this book, they state:
"To meet this need Andrew Tanenbaum - principle
architect of the PDP-11, 68000 and IBM PC operating
systems - now offers a timely solution ... "
Wow, he did all that!!! :-)
Terrence W. Holm
holm@bdc.ubc.caast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (01/30/89)
In article <410@ubc-bdcvax.UUCP> holm@ubc-bdcvax.UUCP (Terrence W. Holm) writes: > "To meet this need Andrew Tanenbaum - principle > architect of the PDP-11, 68000 and IBM PC operating > systems - now offers a timely solution ... " If P-H can't get things straight, how can you expect third parties to? I haven't seen the ad, and had nothing to do with it, but my best guess is that it is based on the following information, which is sort of relevant. I have, in fact, designed operating systems for all those machines. How principal they are is another story. For the PDP-11 I designed and implemented a system called TSS-11, an early timesharing system. For the 68000, I was one of the designers of Amoeba (see, for example, the Oct. 1988 ACM Operating System Review), and MINIX for the PC. Thus there is a grain of truth in that, however badly they mangled it. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
is813cs@pyr.gatech.EDU (Cris Simpson) (01/30/89)
In article <410@ubc-bdcvax.UUCP> holm@ubc-bdcvax.UUCP (Terrence W. Holm) writes: > "To meet this need Andrew Tanenbaum - principle > architect of the PDP-11, 68000 and IBM PC operating > systems - now offers a timely solution ... " >Wow, he did all that!!! :-) He must stay really busy. I've got the book where he designs all the hardware, too! cris
dave@bvax.UUCP (Dave Wallace) (02/03/89)
In article <410@ubc-bdcvax.UUCP:, holm@ubc-bdcvax.UUCP (Terrence W. Holm) writes:
One of the books is called
: Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. Of
: the author of this book, they state:
:
: "To meet this need Andrew Tanenbaum - principle
: architect of the PDP-11, 68000 and IBM PC operating
: systems - now offers a timely solution ... "
:
: Wow, he did all that!!! :-)
Andy has done a GREAT job on minix. Please don't blame him for
other peoples' sins! :-) :-)
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