[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: When does one leave noobie status?? (Richard Geoffrion)

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 11:19:30PM -0600, Kevin Brannen wrote:
> Kyle Davenport wrote:
> 
> >The Unix Hierarchy (The Eight Stages of Unix Knowledge)
> >
> >...
> >                    - is on first-name basis with Dennis, Bill, and Ken
> That was pretty cute. :-)
> 
> That last line has got me slightly stumped though.  I know who Dennis 
> is, I've met Ken (a really nice guy for the 5 minutes I got to talk to 
> him, :-) but who is Bill?  I'd know who Doug, Rob, Brian, Steve, or 
> David is, but I can't place a Bill (or a William) at the old Bell Labs.
>
> And I'm probably gonna go "Doh!" when you tell me aren't I? ;-)

My guess is that it's "Bill Joy", who wasn't at Bell Labs
but was still pretty fundamental to the development of Unix.  :-)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Joy)

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