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From: eric@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Jargon File Editorial Philosophy
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Date: 7 Dec 90 16:54:19 GMT
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In <2776@cirrusl.UUCP> Rahul Dhesi wrote:
> I think it's terrific that you are revising the Jargon file, which is
> very much out-of-date.  I suggest that rather than making your new
> Jargon file appear to be a revised version of it, you give it an
> entirely new name, so it's clear that is an entirely new work (which it
> should be).  Then generously acknowledge within the new work its
> dependence on the old one.

I believe it's important that the `new' jargon file be seen as continuous
with the old one. It is *not* an entirely new work; among other things,
it contains essentially the entirety of jargon-1.
 
> By the way, please stop assuming that there's anything called UNIX any
> more.

I disagree completely. 80% of my UNIX-expert toolbox is transferable between
any two dialects of UNIX you care to name. Just as importantly, UNIX still
has a relatively unified technical culture -- everybody knows what you mean
when you say ``Under UNIX, you do it this way...''.

Followups on this subject to alt.religion.computers, please.
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      Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.thyrsus.com  (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)