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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!newspump.wustl.edu!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user Message-ID: <id.2ZKK1.B9A@nmti.com> Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI References: <3qq5i8$2jj@anshar.shadow.net> <GPALMER.95Jun7001333@westhill.cdrom.com> <3r4f25$c5j@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> <3r50te$a9m@bell.maths.tcd.ie> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 15:51:28 GMT Lines: 23 In article <3r50te$a9m@bell.maths.tcd.ie>, Bryan O'Sullivan <bosullvn@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: > The kernel itself may not be too much of a mess, but out there in User > World, things are not quite so rosy. You should, if you haven't > already done so (and regardless of your opinion), run out and buy a > copy of "The Unix-Hater's Handbook" (IDG Press). It's quite an uneven > read, but it still manages for the most part to be simultaneously both > entertaining and horrifying. Note that the Unix-haters handbook is intended as entertainment. It has not been subjected to critical review and correction... for example, they sent a review copy to Allman who marked up a number of technical errors for them, which they apparently tossed in the trashcan. If they weren't interested in feedback, why did they bother? I have my own differences with Allman (he tends to trash UUCP the same way, without paying attention to how it can be made to work just like any other transport mechanism) but the way they treat him in the book is unreasonable. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' Network Management Technology Incorporated 'U` 1601 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 USA +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?"