ANy thing MS gets in , they ace it regardless if they have better product or not so WIn2K will be king of NOS and Unix will be dead in few years..at least for new deployments..who care of ATMS and old unix install base... ""Jon Krabbenschmidt"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > You think ATM's run on NT? If that were true than there would be a "reboot" > button on every ATM for customer convenience. :>) > I always thought that behind every good ATM was a better Osborne ExecII? Oh > well what a sheltered life I live.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 10:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: another OT: why you UNIX guys look down on we NT guys? > [7:6790] > > > What was your point ? That Multics sucks , and by the same token, therefore > Unix sucks and NT/W2K rules !!! At least, NT/W2K was based on a working > operating system. Anyone of you notice that Unix is all about ego ? If Unix > is finished in 1 month, why are there still people working on it ? On the > other hand, if Unix is perfect, why the hell are people working on it ? If > Unix promotes innovation, why is nobody using it ? Would you trust you ATM > machine to Linux ? > > > > ""Jim Dixon"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE B > > > > ABSTRACT > > B is a computer language designed by D. M. Ritchie and K. L. Thompson, for > > primarily non-numeric applications such as system programming. These > > typically involve complex logical decision-making, and processing of > > integers, characters, and bit strings. On the H6070 TSS system, B programs > > are usually much easier to write and understand than assembly language > > programs, and object code efficiency is almost as good. Implementation of > > simple TSS subsystems is an especially appropriate use for B. This > technical > > report contains a description of the MH-TSS (Honeywell 6070) version of B > > (by S. C. Johnson), and a tutorial introduction to most of the features of > > the language (by B. W. Kernighan). > > > > Ken Thompson > > The principal inventor of the Unix operating system and author of > > the B language, the predecessor of C. > > > > In the early days Ken used to hand-cut Unix distribution tapes, often with > a > > note that read "Love, ken". Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes > > uncapitalised, because it's a login name and mail address) in third-person > > reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet in particular) that without > a > > last name "Ken" refers only to Ken Thompson. Similarly, Dennis without > last > > name means Dennis Ritchie (and he is often known as dmr). > > > > Ken was first hired to work on the Multics project, which was a huge > > production with many people working on it. Multics was supposed to support > > hundreds of on-line logins but could barely handle three. > > > > In 1969, when Bell Labs withdrew from the project, Ken got fed up with > > Multics and went off to write his own operating system. People said "well, > > if zillions of people wrote Multics, then an OS written by one guy must be > > Unix!". There was some joking about eunichs as well. > > > > Ken's wife Bonnie and son Corey (then 18 months old) went to visit family > in > > San Diego. Ken spent one week each on the kernel, file system, etc., and > > finished UNIX in one month along with developing SPACEWAR (or was it > "Space > > Travel"?). > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howard C. Berkowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 5:40 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: another OT: why you UNIX guys look down on we NT guys? > > [7:6675] > > > > > > >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). Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=6865&t=6865 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
