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- From: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: The Problem with UNIX
- Message-ID: <97973@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:56:28 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.172715.16367@cs.wisc.edu> <1992Nov16.195733.14842@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.195733.14842@tamsun.tamu.edu> ski8032@tamsun.tamu.edu (The Man Behind The Curtain) writes:
- >While some Un*x weenies may scoff at those who choose other alternatives,
- >doing so only hurts Un*x, for by expanding and growing it can only improve.
-
- This is a fascinating assertion; I submit that the historical record
- shows, in excruciating detail, that the expansion and growth of Unix
- has all-but-destroyed its simple elegance. The gentle reader is
- invited to read a v6 or v7 manual (which will only take an afternoon)
- and then compare it to SunOS 4.1.3, for instance, with a careful eye
- to the functionality/overhead ratio in both systems.
-
- ---Rsk
-