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Article #32840Re: (a) The Right to Flame & (b) WHAT ATARI NEEDS TO DO...
From: Henry_Burdett_Messenger
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1988 20:46
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1988 20:46
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Ugh. More UNIX weenies trying to determine our future.
"I guess it's better than having them pump quarters in Pac-Man games...
" - John C. Dvorak
Not always! Sometimes computer companies listen to them and lose their
shirts (e.g. Fortune Systems).
It's 1988 and UNIX still S*cks. GEM ain't the greatest, and I'd rather
have X, but I have to have a brain-damaged operating system that's older
RT-11, for pity's sake! No thanks, I'll pass.
Besides it usually isn't GEM; it's usually TOS. Yes, TOS is awful. Can
you say "CP/M with fender flares"? I knew you could. But UNIX is even
worse... (Hmm, you'd never know I'm a VMS person, would you :-)
"UNIX compatibility is snake oil."
- Ken H. Olson
Henry B. Messenger (DEC can have its own opinions, I have mine)
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