Better someone archive this gold piece of history somewhere safe.
@moshixmainframechannel
17 күн бұрын
Wonderful video and biography. Thank you for your important contributions. We all stand on the shoulders of giants
@maxcohn3228
22 күн бұрын
This is the kind of history content we need about early Unix! Extremely grateful for all the work on GNU and this video!
@LloydDeJongh
8 ай бұрын
I was a Unix systems admin for many years, working on RH Linux, CentOS and Sun Solaris. This is an excellent story, with incredible history. Wow!
@jarango
13 күн бұрын
Thank you thank you thank you! I’m one of the many people who uses your software every day. 🙏
@victorkh7
7 ай бұрын
I'm so happy to finally see, alive and talking... the ONE and ONLY sir David MacKenzie! A great pleasure hearing your story around Unix/Linux! Thank you for your contribution to the world... Big love ❤
@eugeniogonzato
2 ай бұрын
I just wrote in my terminal "man date" and at the end of the file there is your name, I'm so happy to have the opportunity to listen to your story, thank you!!!
@JeordieEH
9 күн бұрын
I can only hope when your parents seen you, they seen a lot of pride on both their kids, because they should have been glad to have shared part in your upbringing to have seen you become such a huge part of the innovation of the world. I am so glad I stumbled upon this channel and to find a legend documenting his great accomplishments.
@pepepepe796
12 күн бұрын
Thank you for your work, David. You certainly have had a GREAT impact in the WORLD. I use your work every day.
@xCheddarB0b42x
7 күн бұрын
Thank you, David, for sharing this first person insight into computing history.
@jmz8086
18 күн бұрын
Wow, what a great video! I hung on every word, so fascinating! You truly were at the right place at the right time. And yet you do not brag; telling us what happened and how. Very inspiring video, thank you so much. I run linux myself on all my computers (fedora haha) and putting a face to the name is awesome. So cool. Thank you for your many contributions. We stand on the shoulders of giants, and you are definitely one of them! Thank you.
@antoniocorbibellot6532
Күн бұрын
wow! History made real! Thanks for all your work David.
@sethbrown1763
12 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video! I was a UNIX user from around 1984, first on Xenix and later on, various versions of SysV. I didn't get to use any GNU based software until later in the 1990s, when I got my hands on Slackware, and later Red Hat. I started out doing data entry, later working as a field service tech in Latin America, slowly becoming a C programmer and system administrator along the way. I smiled at the Wyse50 terminal. I spent years on those old Wyse50 terminals as well. I eventually have transitioned to GNU/Linux as my "daily driver" (I'm not too sure if that term still applies, since I'm retired :) I applaud the work the Free Software Foundation has done, not only producing excellent software, but providing truly visionary leadership. Richard Stallman is an amazing person to have seen what needed to be done and to have dedicated his life to bringing freedom to others. Thank you for all your excellent work in developing the GNU software. My life would not have been the same without your efforts.
@Shahriyarj
15 күн бұрын
Thank you very much for preserving the history.
@Leahi84
11 күн бұрын
Loved every minute of hearing you're story and learned a lot. Thank you for all of your work! You are greatly appreciated.
@krunkle5136
17 күн бұрын
Behold, a wizard. Much more reputable than most web devs and language faddists.
@Watauva_94
15 күн бұрын
Best comment so far haha!!
@tobiadeniji6630
2 күн бұрын
What a time to be alive!
@Drackanna
12 сағат бұрын
Thank you for everything you have done.
@wiseskeshom4673
14 күн бұрын
Great story, thanks for your contributions and sharing us the wonderful journey in Linux and BSD Unix space.
@jain-d1
13 күн бұрын
Thanks David, for sharing this and everything you have built.
@jamescoleman24
7 ай бұрын
My involvement in Unix and Linux was a mere dust mote compared to Mr. MacKenzie's but I thank him and everyone else who contributed to the software that enabled me and so many others to make very nice and satisfying living.
@dipi71
14 күн бұрын
48:45 Building a virtual world - such a fitting term for what I've always wanted to do (but rarely succeeded in). Cheers from a fellow 8-bit, music-cassette-storage and assembler-affine hacker. Remember those Amstrad CPC464 home computers with integrated tape deck? Z80 was ok, but 68k assembler is still my favorite. Studying CS and working at S.u.S.E. in Nuremberg (back when SuSE still hat those dots in the name) I caught the C bug coding with Lattice C on the Atari ST in 1988, the UNIX bug in 1991 and the Linux bug in 1996. Please do some more videos, maybe with more show-and-tell. I should do some too.
@bigfootpegrande
10 күн бұрын
Thanks for the historical document!
@mikheilidautashvili6949
22 күн бұрын
Thank you for your work.
@vinaymourya3613
5 ай бұрын
thanks for your contribution to Linux Community.
@MakefilesXYZ
2 сағат бұрын
You are a legend.
@hnmcclain
12 күн бұрын
It was a VIC-20 for me David. Like Linus... 1982. I'll be 50 in November and I can't believe the ride. The computer is almost like a sibling or a favorite cousin I grew up with. Literally, growing up and maturing alongside one another. Awesome video. Thanks so much. Oh, one more thing... I'm a MoCo kid too!!!
@RodrigoPolo
10 күн бұрын
Much respect to you!
@Marcelo-rj3ll
13 күн бұрын
What a history, thanks for sharing.
@boxerfencer
13 күн бұрын
Thank you for all your work!
@Lion_McLionhead
13 күн бұрын
Sounds like a grind, rewriting, reconfiguring, repackaging the same utilities year after year to use whatever the current standards are. Lions were always interested in writing once & moving on.
@techwatcher386
17 күн бұрын
Nice biography. Thanks for sharing.
@johnvanwinkle4351
14 күн бұрын
Thank you David for this video and your contributions to software development!
@RM-gm7lu
14 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing, really interesting and inspiring.
@mitz8892
6 ай бұрын
Thankyou for sharing such interesting historical knowledge. Looking forward for more videos like this.
@youreale
12 күн бұрын
This is gold! thanks for sharing.
@danielgx83
2 ай бұрын
wow , I've watched the all video and it was very interesting story! what a memories
@dawidlitwin9294
7 ай бұрын
Very interesting personal story. Thank you very much for sharing it. You are a great bro.
@Magadiel
7 күн бұрын
Thank you! You did a great job!
@kcygt
2 ай бұрын
It was a great talk. Lıke a history lesson.
@nikhilshinde3702
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for you contribution!
@Kenbomp
18 күн бұрын
Such a unique look and perspective
@SafirSecerovic
9 күн бұрын
Thank You
@Mike.Freeman
16 күн бұрын
God bless!
@onelifepillow
9 ай бұрын
I'm glad to be learning Linux
@loquilloll
15 күн бұрын
GOAT!
@user-ce8hq4qg8p
6 ай бұрын
This is really amazing!
@jakobw135
13 күн бұрын
Since Mac OS and Linux are both Unix based, is it possible to tweak the latter to run the Apple version of Adobe applications - NATIVELY?
@randomsearches369
5 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@olivermcintosh8281
17 күн бұрын
I used to dance to ST225 hard drives formatting … can’t recall what OS I was installing
@ichauch110
4 ай бұрын
No Wikipedia page? At least i did not find it.
@chlor7877
Ай бұрын
I tried to create one but someone have tried this before and MacKenzie somehow does not have the notability. If you see the "talk" page even Brian Fox was on the edge of getting off. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:David_Mackenzie_(computer_programmer) The above link will disappear in a few days.
@opfax163
19 күн бұрын
funny knowing that some not very notable people have their own page and they did nothing important in their life
@noname-ll2vk
16 күн бұрын
That's interesting re gnu philosophy of no artificial barriers. I have interacted with BSD tools for years and have always wondered at their limited nature compared to the gnu utilities. But I never realized removing those limits was actually a deliberate goal. Limits never made any sense to me. Still don't. This limit vs no limit seems to be continuing sad to say. Very visible when comparing Linux to BSD kernels, and their capabilities. That gap is growing.
@qbasicmichael
16 күн бұрын
11:05 i've always been a dos/windows guy. But i did make an "ls.bat" file to run "dir /w %*".
@jakobw135
13 күн бұрын
Wasn't the recursive acronym - GNU - used because Richard Stallman did not want to get SUED by Unix? Shouldn't it in fact be called - GIU - meaning: GNU - IS - Unix? 😁
@spearPYN
23 күн бұрын
Beautiful recollection of the era long gone now. Comparing Unix programming to building virtual worlds is a sentiment I also share; that's why I still enjoy both Unix and retro computer gaming.
@justinasbei
15 күн бұрын
Wrote the books down
@boohoo5419
19 сағат бұрын
so.. your this computer genius then why the fuck you are not aware of the horrendous noise floor of your microphone. the audio is unwatchable.
@jondoe7268
12 күн бұрын
your nose hairs are too distracting and at 5:28 i had to stop watching
@trudyandgeorge
3 күн бұрын
Remarkable (that you noticed). Why do you think it captured your attention?
@cspaulin
5 ай бұрын
You are the David MacKenzie in the manual pages. Thank you for your software. I will look for you in the bottom of the manual pages. man ls ls - list directory contents Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.
@user-tv9ev6bf9t
5 ай бұрын
do you using linuxmint , i using it too
@EugeniaLoli
18 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for your contribution and service!
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