[SIGCIS-Members] Is Unix racist?

[Ceruzzi, Paul]

Thanks, Tom, for this clarification. Some years ago _Byte_ ran a cover story with the headline “Is UNIX Dead?” I recall doing a double-take as I walked past the newsstand – the obvious connection was to the famous 1966 _Time_ magazine headline “Is God Dead?” As you say Tom, the answer was “no” and “no.”(Byte is dead, however.)

I can’t post the image here, but here is a link to someone on eBay selling the cover:
http://www.ebay.ca/cln/jbrent136/computing-and-electronics/62313231018.

Paul



From: Thomas Haigh [mailto:thomas.haigh at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Haigh
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 4:33 PM
To: 'Matthew Kirschenbaum'; Ceruzzi, Paul
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Subject: RE: [SIGCIS-Members] Is Unix racist?


The headline “Is UNIX Racist” reminds me of the journalistic maxim that the answer to any question posed in a headline is “no.” Otherwise they’d run it without he question mark. (Although the real question surely is “Is UNIX shaped by racism?”)


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