Bell Labs Unix Group Disbanded

wandazulu writes "Peter Salus over at UnixReview.com is reporting that AT&T Department 1127, responsible for creating and maintaining Unix, has been officially disbanded. The article provides an interesting "where are they now?" list of the original authors of Unix."

Linux Labs.

[Anonymous Coward]

"The article provides an interesting "where are they now?" list of the original authors of Unix."

They've joined Linco. Developing cutting-edge technology to put into a commodity OS. With Linus as Director.

The real question is

[igny]

What is cooking at Department # 1337.

And all the nerds sing

[Anonymous Coward]

"Goodbye Dep. 1127 and thank you for all the code"

Thank you 1127 :)

Re:The real question is

[paulius_g]

They're just a bunch of 14 year olds playing Counter-Strike and "pwning n00bs".

Very complicated stuff, I must admit.

Re:Serious question...

[Anonymous Coward]

dude, they wrote UNIX. Buy a clue (or some Ritchie/Kernighan editions) and get back to installing your nightly windoze patches.

Re:Insensitive

[endersdouble]

Would you like someone to call the waaaaaambulance?

Where are they now?

[Anonymous Coward]

Speaking of which, what happened to Axel Rose? Does anyone know?

My brother was a Guns'n'Roses fan - well he always said they only had one and a half albums that were any good.

Anyway, what's Axel Rose doing now? Does he read slashdot?! Hi Ax!

Re:Insensitive

[multiplexo]

From TFA:

"My take is that 1127 probably reached Schiavo status when Rob, Presotto, et al. fled west to Google.

That expression is a tad insensitive, don't you think?

Yes, it is insensitive. He should have said "My take is that 1127 probably reached George W. Bush status when Rob, Presotto, et al. fled west to Google.

Re:Like it or not, Microsoft does a lot of researc

[2nd Post!]

Too bad their contributions to society can be measured in terms of:
Clippy
Wizards
Exploits
GUI inconsistencies
Flight simulators
BASIC

Re:What did they do that B[erkeley]SD guys didn't

[blackbear]

Right. But I can actually spell Newton, so he gets the credit.

Re:Insensitive

[demachina]

Maybe the sick part was the non stop media bombardment with the same video of her when she was a vegetable, over and over. It brings to mind the SouthPark episode where Kenny is a vegetable, and the lawyer lost the last page of his living will. So Kenny ends up exploited on TV by Cartman's pull the plug faction, and Stan and Kyle's keep him alive faction. When the lawyer finds the last page of the will his one wish is if he ends up a vegetable DON'T PUT HIM ON TV.

Re:Serious damage...

[Anonymous Coward]

Look, we're really sorry that you spent five years of your life learning [OCaml|Oberon|Smalltalk|APL|Pascal|$TOY_LANGUAGE] and now you can't find a job, or a date, or a hot meal. The road to recovery requires that you admit you were wrong and just move on with your life. You need accept that no one else cares about your academic language of choice.

Re:What did they do that B[erkeley]SD guys didn't

[TeknoHog]

No one ever stood on the shoulders of giant before, right?

No. If I have been able to see further, it is because I am surrounded by midgets.