Things Are Going to Get a Lot Worse...Before Things Get Worse
UNIX.......
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 by Jafo | Discussion: Personal Computing
Things Are Going to Get a Lot Worse
Before Things Get Worse
"I liken starting one's computing career with Unix, say as an undergraduate, to being born in East Africa. It is intolerably hot, your body is covered with lice and flies, you are malnourished and you suffer from numerous curable diseases. But, as far as young East Africans can tell, this is simply the natural condition and they live within it. By the time they find out differently, it is too late. They already think that the writing of shell scripts is a natural act."Ken Pier, Xerox PARC
Modern Unix is a catastrophe. It's the "Un-Operating System": unreliable, unintuitive, unforgiving, unhelpful, and underpowered..........
Read on....
Jafo
Reply #2 Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:33 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:33 AM
| This is from 1994. |
Well, yes....back when 'modern' computing could have gone in several directions....
But didn't....
bakerstreet
Reply #3 Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:47 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:47 AM
poke. You'll note that it is Unix, not modern Linux; and lets not forget what lies beneath OSX...
Jafo
Reply #4 Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:12 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:12 AM
Baker, yes....I just found it a fun read....sort of enlightening to see that there ain't too many OS systems out there that don't have a 'hate club'.....
Windows is .......not....alone......
XX
Reply #5 Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:59 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:59 AM
Lol. Fun reading so far. I'm at 44th page.
I'm currently using Ubuntu on my homework laptop, which is child of Linux, which is child of Unix.
Of course, sometimes I agree with the book. For example, no sanity check on rm -r * /... I almost did that, and lucky added the missing . ( rm -r * ./)
I'm currently using Ubuntu on my homework laptop, which is child of Linux, which is child of Unix.
Of course, sometimes I agree with the book. For example, no sanity check on rm -r * /... I almost did that, and lucky added the missing . ( rm -r * ./)Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
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Reply #1 Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:03 AM