"The ecology I live in is a swamp, a morass, a milieu..."
Marcus noted:
The swamp will always form. You don't have to care about a swamp.
I think you mean "you don't have to care *for* a swamp" ?
I agree, that is why I live in a swamp. I care for my tools but let the
morass flourish.
CP/M <==> Go Kart in a Washtub
DOS <==> Bass Boat with weak outboard motor and a bent propeller
Winderz 95 <==> Above with a fancy paintjob.
Winderz 2K <==> add cooler full of Bud Light
Winderz NT <==> add Doritos
Winderz XP <==> add ice to the cooler
Winderz 7 <==> add fresh paintjob and a piezo-electric cooling element
for the cooler
Winderz 8 <==> munno yet, more paint, add Coors Light?
MacOS <==> Jetboat with an undersized motor, nice paintjob and a small
bomb in the ice chest.
BSD Unix <==> Airboat with *everything* built from parts found at the
hardware store, complete blueprints included.
AIX/IRIX/HPUX/Solaris/etc... Airboat with various custom parts,
corporate paint job, and half of the blueprints locked in the glovebox
(or just wrong), high priced mini-bar filled with stale-dated items, etc.
OSX <==> Airboat with unibody Titanium hull, fresh paintjob (white,
black, or gloss clearcoat), built-in double fridge with a variety of
frosty beverages, a selection of fresh sushi and a selection of healthy
snacks.
Linux <==> Airboat after 20 years of DIY tinkering, bring your own damn
snacks (Jolt Cola and Twinkies or a selection of fine wines and cheeses)
Command Line tools <==> good set water sandals, cutoff shorts, fishing
line and hook, multi-tool, locking blade knife, flint and steel,
compass, iodine, salt tablets... A good thing to have along if you know
how to use them. Otherwise probably just extra baggage.
Marcus
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