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From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: UNIX vs. the world (again) (was: Compilation listing from Sun ...)
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Date: 21 Jun 91 16:52:17 GMT
References: <1991Jun18.084353.29509@kithrup.COM> <1431@shum.huji.ac.il>
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In article <1431@shum.huji.ac.il>, amos@SHUM.HUJI.AC.IL (amos shapir) writes:
|> [...]
|> We've already been through this very argument, with the same participants, in
|> other groups.  The conclusion seems to be that:
|> - Jim Giles doesn't like buses; they're big, noisy, smelly, and almost
|>  impossible to park;
|> - Jim Giles has never had any need to drive a bus, doesn't know how
|>  to drive one, nor wishes to learn;
|> - Therefore, Jim Giles believes nobody should ever make, drive, or ride in
|>  a bus.

An interesting analogy.  However, your conclusion is wrong.  The line
beginning "Therefore" should read:

   Therefore, Jim Giles believes that no one should force the use of busses  
   onto other drivers.  Nor should anyone convince powerful political 
   organizations that busses are the only type of vehicle that should
   be allowed on the road (such as the NSF being hoodwinked into only
   supporting software development on UNIX).  Nor does Jim Giles believe
   that anyone who makes extravagantly exaggerated claims about the speed,
   efficiency, capacity or driving ease of busses should be allowed to get 
   away with it unchallenged.

As a bus, UNIX is more like a minivan with too few seats and badly in need
of a major engine overhaul.

J. Giles