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Re:The Unix-Haters Handbook [pdf] by msla on Monday April 22, 2024 @11:35AM (#40115374)
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!
Re:The Unix-Haters Handbook [pdf] by rini17 on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:03PM (#40115640)
When the book was written most of the UNIX world was proprietary too, GNU and BSD existed but were marginal.
Re:The Unix-Haters Handbook [pdf] by panick21_ on Monday April 22, 2024 @01:36PM (#40116671)
X was a partial example. It did kill NeWS thanks to being open and Sun not willing to open it up.