Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 May 1999 06:07:56 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) |
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On Tue, 4 May 1999 alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I also take issue about VMS. It's NOT that bad!! It's beautiful! If you > want to see a really broken operating system <sorry, couldn't resist ;-)>
Now, I want a sample of the stuff *you* are smoking. Maybe it will make me see the beauty in EMACS, IRS, INS, advocates and lusers ;-)
> > It's mostly unwarranted, pretty bitter and sad, but if there is > > somebody who deserves our respect at all then Ken *is* such man. No > > matter how strongly we disagree his opinion. We definitely owe him > > that much. > > I'll concede on that point. But still...
Yup. I would hate to see SplashSnotters running amok and filling Ken's mailbox with (ahem) indignant (ahem) replies. As for the anit-MS backlash - it's a troubling thing. There are imbecils for whom Linux is exactly that - would-be-Windows-not-from-MS. IMHO we could live without them. They will eventually go away to pester somebody else (methink their next target will be FreeBSD), but I'ld rather see them leaving ASAP. Not going to happen yet. Sigh...
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