unix brings back obscurity?

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2 total messages Started by Gyorgy Fekete Mon, 06 Jan 1986 14:16

#1906

Author: Gyorgy Fekete
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1986 14:16

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In a recent article about whether or not the ST is good enough to UNIX,
a topic which is getting boring, Mark Crispin <MRC%PANDA@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA>
concludes his posting with an appropriate post scriptum (?):

> * Unix (TM) is a trademark of Bell Labs to describe the
> absolutely terrible operating system they have conned large
> segments of the computer industry to adopt simply because there
> is no other portable operating system with the necessary
> facilities.  It also describes the philsophy of those individuals
> who wish to make computers mysterious to the general public again
> after 20 years of effort to make computers understandable.

But if they were not so mysterios, then consultants wouldn't be able
to get away with charging for ten hours what can be done in two. :-)

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Re: unix brings back obscurity?

#1911

Author: Sean Casey
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 03:20

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* Unix (TM) is a trademark of Bell Labs to describe the
absolutely wonderful operating system for programmers that
large segments of the computer industry have adopted not because
it is what they want but because it is portable.  It also
describes the philosophy of those programmers whose goals in
designing Unix were to make a an operating system that would be
efficient and flexible to meet the needs of sophisticated users.


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