On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:01:33 -0000 (UTC),
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
(The Doctor) wrote:
>In article <
cq98ufhr191dagjah...@4ax.com>,
>B1ackwater <
b...@magikbeanz.net> wrote:
>>On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:05:09 -0000 (UTC),
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
>>(The Doctor) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <
oc13uftdjbg9rd9f2...@4ax.com>,
>>>B1ackwater <
b...@magikbeanz.net> wrote:
>>>>On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:32:31 -0000 (UTC),
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
>>>>(The Doctor) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In article <eli$20122...@qaz.wtf>,
>>>>>Eli the Bearded <*@
eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>>In comp.os.linux.misc, The Doctor <
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>> Eli the Bearded <*@
eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> In comp.os.linux.misc, The Doctor <
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Stats for newsgroups available?
>>>>>>>> This you?
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: XanaNews Statistic for comp.os.linux.misc. 9/1/2020
>>>>>>> 12:15:08 AM
>>>>>>...
>>>>>>>> You are still posting that spam monthly.
>>>>>>> Where?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Subject: XanaNews Statistic for comp.lang.c. 12/1/2020 8:00:46 AM
>>>>>> From: "The Doctor" <
doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
>>>>>> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 15:00:49 -0000 (UTC)
>>>>>> Message-ID: <rq5lr1$kpc$
3...@gallifrey.nk.ca>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>One of four I saw this month.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Elijah
>>>>>>------
>>>>>>shouldn't need to tell you where your spam goes
>>>>>
>>>>>Then answer this: IS Linus Torvalds the equivalent of Bill Gates?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I am still waiting for the Bearded but still
>>>
>>>> Personality-wise ... yes. He's an anal-retentive prima-donna.
>>>> However, his one important from the Gates model
>>>> is that he is content to be Lord Of The Lini - and not Conqueror
>>>> Of The Marketplace.
>>>>
>>>
>>>How Gates screwed IBM is how Torvalds is screwing Unix.
>>
>> Hmmm ... screwing it HOW exactly ???
>>
>> Seem he continues to defend the free-OS model to the
>> max AND protect the OS from those who would destroy
>> it's whole logical structure in persuit of a few bells and
>> whistles.
>>
>> Good for Linus.
>>
>>>> Gates was ALWAYS In It For The Money - from Altair on.
>>>> Everything else was secondary.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Blood profit.
>>
>> Profit, in and of it self, is not a bad thing. How you GET it,
>> who you SCREW for it and HOW .... those are other issues.
>> MS went from being "ok" to being a monster over the years,
>> rather like Google's new mantra of "... Be Evil". Persuit of
>> max profit by any means generally leads to evil. Then there
>> are no excuses.
>>
>>>> I DO own the very last thing he is reputed to have personally
>>>> written any code for - a little Radio Shack "notebook", years
>>>> before real notebooks. Canned apps, acoustic modem, it
>>>> is said foreign news reporters loved them because they
>>>> ran a long time on regular batteries and with the acoustic
>>>> link you could post your story from pretty much anywhere
>>>> in the world.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>WEll I will BSD my workstation and run
>>>in byhe
>>
>
>bhyve, sorry.
>
>> Ummm ... ?que?
>>
>>>
>>>Centos
>>>
>>>OS/2
>>>
>>>Win10
>>>
>>>for now.
>>
>> OS/2 is obsolete, and now Centos. W10 *should* have
>> died at birth but instead grew into the cyber equivalent
>> of some destructive mutant Japanese movie monster
>> that smashes everything in reach.
>>
>> Did you ever fool with OS-9 back in the day ? There
>> was a version for the Radio Shack Color Computer.
>> It is now sold as a RTOS by MicroWare. However it
>> is very Unix-like under the hood, many say it's much
>> better at it than real Unix. I conditionally agree. How
>> about a 64/128 version spiffed into a proper modern OS ? :-)
>>
>
>ArcaOS is now OS/2. As for OS-9, never heard of it.
Young whippersnapper ! :-)
There was a lot of brilliant work in the 70s/80s that never
became hugely popular. It was not for lack of potential or
any flaw in the paradigm, mostly just for lack of $$$ to
promote it to a larger audience.
Time to revisit I think ....
Find the good stuff and AMPLIFY.