Peter Salus Quotes

This was one of the first 'wow' papers. Almost immediately, people started calling up asking if they could get copies of this new operating system. - Peter Salus

There was a lot of unhappiness at the Labs. So Ken and Dennis, with Doug's prodding, decided they'd try to write a system that would make them happy. - Peter Salus

Neither Dennis nor Ken ever dreamed it would still be in use 30 years later. - Peter Salus

I think it's absurd that they think the authors should have to come to them to opt out of the database. - Peter Salus

Here was an actual functioning operating system, and it worked. - Peter Salus

[It was this version of Unix that Ritchie and Thompson presented to about 200 people at the Symposium on Operating System Principles in 1973.] This was one of the first 'wow' papers... Almost immediately, people started calling up asking if they could get copies of this new operating system. - Peter Salus

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