Re: The Unix Haters Handbook

On 2006-03-05, Tim Hammerquist <penryu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
donnie <donnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf

A must read for unix users.

Huh. Some people dislike the Unix way so much that they must
rant about it for pages and pages and pages...

I've been happily using Unix for 25+ years, but I still think
the Unix Haters Handbook is hilarious. I had tears running
down my face reading the section on X11.

Not much I could do about it when I first saw that several
years ago. And still not much I can do. Except maybe suggest
they seek help with their coping skills.

As everybody's favorite rooster would say...

It's a, I say it's a joke son. Don't cha get it? You're
built too short, the good ones go over yer head. Ya got a
hole in yer glove, boy, I keep pitching them and you keep
missing them. Ya gotta keep yer eye on the ball, son. Eye.
Ball. Eyeball. I almost had a funny there. Joke, that is.

It was published nearly 12 years ago.

And it's still a classic.

*nix acceptance hasn't declined in the least.

In a world where 90+ percent of the desktops run MS Windows,
you think market acceptance is really something worth bragging
about?

--
Grant Edwards
grante@xxxxxxxx
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