[nflug] UNIX-HATERS Handbook

[Mike Richardson]

Robert Meyer wrote:
> Well, the story I'm thinking of involved a VAX running BSD.  I think I saw a
> reference to a fellow by the name of John Sokol.

Well, *I* heard that it was a 4-slice industrial toaster running
Plan9... And that it was sealed in one of the support pillars for the
Brooklyn Bridge :)

>>I heard the story also, from a Novell Netware Instructor that worked for
>>IKON before it was ITT ...isn't netware's base OS unix or very similar
>>to unix anyway :) ...so the story can be swayed.
>>
>>
>>Darin Perusich wrote:
>>
>>>i've heard that story before but it was a netware server.
>>>
>>>me thinks it's urban legend :)
>>>
>>>Robert Meyer wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>>Yeah, I've heard it all before.  Somehow, with all of it's problems, *nix
>>
>>just
>>
>>>>keeps plugging along, hidden away in the dark recesses of data centers
>>
>>where
>>
>>>>nobody ever goes 'cuz they just keep running...
>>>>
>>>>Did I ever tell the story of the Unix server that needed to be shut down
>>
>>and
>>
>>>>retired but they couldn't find it 'cuz it had been walled in during
>>>>construction 3 years prior?
>>>>
>>>>Cheers!
>>>>
>>>>Bob
>>>>
>>>>--- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>
>>>>>VERY GOOD !  It makes me happy to realize people were fighting the same
>>>>>issues 10 years ago that we fight today...
>>>>>
>>>>>However the book makes me think of a Quote from Churchill 
>>>>>(Substitute *nix for Democracy)
>>>>>Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world
>>
>>of
>>
>>>>>sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise.
>>
>>Indeed,
>>
>>>>>it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except
>>
>>all
>>
>>>>>those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Speech in the
>>
>>House
>>
>>>>>of Commons (11 November 1947)
>>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----
>>>>>From: Adam Laurich <adam.cadpro at gmail.com>
>>>>>To: nflug at nflug.org
>>>>>Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:46:57 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [nflug] UNIX-HATERS Handbook
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