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msla
7 months ago
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The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf]
I can't get over the idea that this is a bunch of people who were angry their favorite proprietary systems got killed by open standards and, ultimately, open source. Compatibility and not being dependent on a single company are good things!
rini17
7 months ago
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When the book was written most of the UNIX world was proprietary too, GNU and BSD existed but were marginal.
panick21_
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X was a partial example. It did kill NeWS thanks to being open and Sun not willing to open it up.
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