This is becoming one of those why do NT guys look down on Unix guys thing..... I once seen a Unix admin attend a NT course and was rejected by the trainer on the first day because he doesn't know how to use a mouse, and the trainer insisted that he is not going to train someone how to use the mouse on a Admin course. ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > There really was an NB which stood for New B. It's wasn't a joke. ;-) > > Priscilla > > At 07:11 PM 5/31/01, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: > >Basic Computer Programming Language, which became B, which became C. > > > > > > >B and New B. > > > > > >Priscilla > > > > > >At 06:39 PM 5/31/01, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: > > >> >Want to make any UNIX-head apoplex? Remind them that DOS is UNIX > >subset. > > >>>The multi-tasking & multi-threaded functions were dropped because there > > >>>weren't enough bits in the registers for the Intel 8088. These were > added > > >>>back in when the hardware for PC's was available. However, they did add > > >>>better mnemonics for the UNIX commands so 'ls' became 'dir'. 'Easy' > > >>>translates to 'stupid' somehow. But even so it's UNIX! DOS is UNIX! > > >>>tee-hee. > > >>> > > >>>DOS clowns. > > >>>UNIX dweebs. > > >>>NT geeks. > > >>>Cisco nerds. > > >>>Where's Diane Arbus when we need her? > > >>> > > >>>- susan > > >> > > >> > > >>Get back to the origins of the name UNIX. Pronounced aloud, is there > > >>an English word that comes to mind? > > >> > > >>The ancestor of UNIX is MULTICS. UNIX is castrated MULTICS. > > >> > > >>Extra credit for the two predecessors of C. (No, the first one isn't A). > > >________________________ > > > > > >Priscilla Oppenheimer > > >http://www.priscilla.com > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=6712&t=6712 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
