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- From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Organization: Elitist Usenet Administrators, Stuff & Nonsense Division
- References: <BxKtvw.J7v@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Nov12.224908.25332@hou.amoco.com> <Bxw1Lp.CwH@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:57:30 GMT
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- In article <Bxw1Lp.CwH@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod) writes:
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- >>I take that back, i just thought of Wylbur/MVSX, and VM/CMS. I believe
- >>help does something on those systems.
- >
- >Add in OS/2 and (I believe) AmigaDOS. Plus many, many, many, command
- >line oriented programs that are not operating systems like symbolic
- >math packages and graphing packages. Plus every text mode adventure
- >game.
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- Which, as we all know, collectively constitute the zenith of software
- development. It is doubtful that any modern operating system could
- succeed that was not modeled after a text adventure. I can see it now
- ...
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- amhux3% hello sailor
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