Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:41:46 -0400 | From | tz@execpc ... | Subject | Re: UNIX: The Experiment That Failed - and the humorous book it is from. |
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From the link, there is a pointer to a book that I really enjoyed reading (especially the chapter on C++ - a cobol for the '90s). A lot of the problems cited BY THIS BOOK are, or more properly were quite real.
The real question is why did MicroSoft adopt most of the worse features cited in the book. X is terrible as are all 2nd systems, but it runs on top of the OS, not inside it - as did MS Win - until recently, but only sort-of since DOS comes up in '95, then the GUI, but now you can't turn off the GUI. They are all for C++ and object oriented code, but can't seem to reuse their own code. Cryptic commands (which you can at least chain to do something useful) have been replaced with even more obscure GUIsms - e.g. Office starts up, but isn't in the startup folder. Some things are in accessories, others in the control panel, others in administrative tools, others accessible through some entry buried there or elsewhere. All the wierd /etc files are now inaccessible registry entries. NT keeps asking with an error box for a larger swapfile (although it is only a workstation, no windows are open, and it has 64M of real main memory and sees it all). NT is more stable, only MS Office seems to be able to lock it up hard on a regular basis. All this is an improvement over UNIX/Linux?
I would RECOMMEND the Unix Haters Handbook to everyone on the list, it will be a good laugh and maybe help Linux be better.
I can only think of two reasons there is no MS OS hater's handbook. 1. It would take several volumes. 2. It would require a subscription to keep up to date, as things come an go instead of staying fixed.
On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Vladimir Mott wrote:
> You people are still trying to promote some UNIX OS? > > Get real, this is the '90s. > > http://www.danger.net/ - reasons why NT will crush UNIX. > >
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