Doc wrote:
>
> On Mon, 6 May 2002, Raymond Moyers wrote:
>
> > Unix, for years, shipped with a editor nobody could use
> > and backspace key that did not work, and seemed rigged
>
> Try "stty erase ^H" The ^H is the backspace key. And vi is a prince
> among text editors. It rocks.
>
> Doc
In my view that what I don't like about linux/unix -- the design
of the architecture is still based on very primitive user I/O devices
and a mode of computing that is not realistic today. Line oriented
devices and machines with 256k memory split between 20+ users all
often running the same text editor (saving space with shared code
) using a 1200 baud TTY or gasp a terminal with lower case. It did not
matter if the computer was down for service as nobody had long running
jobs and students or staff only used the computer on regular hours.
Staff
maintained the computer. Big $$$ was spent for documentation and
licenses.
Nowadays you still have that same backward compatibility, but you need
several meg of ram and gig of hd space to run anything but you got the
same
dumb cryptic programs. You still have to reboot ( and lose running aps)
for upgrades. The only thing that does install with out rebooting
in any of the common OS's are viruses. You still need $$$ for doc's
and then you still have to print them out yourself. You have all the
bugs of the old software but very few advantages of it.
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 21:16:34 BST