Re: Unix Haters

[pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil (Richard Pitre)]

In article <dewar.827846950@schonberg> dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> "I'm not saying that it's the best OS.  But it's good enough, and more  
standard
> than most."
> 
> Well that brightens up the morning, I good joke is always a nice way to
> start the day :-) More standard than most, ho ho!


They all suck big hooters.
The last worthwhile change happened somewhere around 1984.
That innovation is being systematically buried in foolishness. If everyone 
demanded functionality instead of bragging rights the computer 
industry would change overnight. Things have finally gotten to the 
point where hardware and software doesn't even have to work in 
order to be *great* i.e. achieve a significant religious 
following. Someone I know refuses to use a computer made by company
X because in 1979 he was offended by a salesman from that company.
So now he uses a computer that only works correctly when it is 
disassembled. The hard drive sits on a box or whatever. Its damned fast
too. Another friend knows that his system is ok because he
touched the heat sink and it didn't burn his finger. His is even faster
There is a *stability enhancement patch* for a popular operating system that 
keeps it from destroying the data that its designed to manage.
50 years of technological advancments. Wow. I can't wait to see what
the next 50 years brings. Fortran will probably have nthtaprecision
and spinor algebra, UNIX will have standardized partially functioning SMP
and PC's will all run UNIX by another name with a mouse, pictures and 
animated singing icons. 

Hey, lets start a new group and compile the idiocy.
Near as I can tell  its going into overdrive. 

I wouldn't be so exhasperated
if all this miscreant marketing boolshite hadn't taken chunks out 
of me and everyone around me. 
One more failed install and I'm going to 
convert all my computers into boat anchors and use
one of those new CD32 game machines for all my 
real world simulations.

richard