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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by qntty on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:32PM (#15736865)
I wouldn't mind living in a time when an engineer could make a living supporting 20 users. (Or maybe you still can?)
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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by Anticapitalist on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:43PM (#15736926)
That's 20 installations, not 20 users. In early computing many users would share the same computer.
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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by Sirened on Sunday November 19, 2017 @08:48PM (#15737188)
And now, (un?)fortunately, we have to support users and their creative ways of breaking things across many devices. A bright future for IT!
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