I was looking to see if Tannenbaum’s OS book was still in print (it is), when I came across an interesting article on his website about a “little think tank that couldn’t” called the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI, more information here and here) that has published some FUD regarding Linux and the Open Source movement in general. Tannebaum’s is a sad, funny story about being interviewed by Ken Brown, current president of the AdTI and author of Samizdat the book form of the above-mentioned FUD. Tannenbaum has also published a line-by-line rebuttal. Hilarious stuff.
Posted by jim at July 14, 2004 08:00 AM | TrackBackAndy worked at LBL (Lawrence Berkeley Lab) for a while in the 70's, which is where I met him. Actually, I only met him at lunch when a crowd of us from the Computer Center would descend on King Tsin on Solano Avenue in Berkeley for our traditional Friday Lunch.
Lunches with Andy were always a lot of fun. He went on to do some really great things. One of which was learning Dutch.
Posted by: rchrd on July 14, 2004 08:59 PM