From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 25 21:27:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02258 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 21:27:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from uhura.concentric.net (uhura.concentric.net [206.173.119.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02253 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 21:27:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mlduke@concentric.net) Received: from cliff.concentric.net (cliff [206.173.119.90]) by uhura.concentric.net (8.8.8/(98/05/18 5.10)) id AAA17827; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:27:25 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from mlduke (ts002d18.mer-id.concentric.net [206.173.184.54]) by cliff.concentric.net (8.8.8) id AAA27705; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:27:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35932437.48E4@concentric.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 22:31:51 -0600 From: ML Duke Reply-To: mlduke@concentric.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Hyland CC: Tim Gerchmez , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Reference: Unix in 20-30 years References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Think Y2K, see: http://www.garynorth.com Indeed, Unix is for the inquiring mind. Those in search of stability. A kernel that does not allocate equal time to idle applications. Its actually somewhat difficult for a single user with over 8 megs of ram to keep the cpu busy if its over 486/66. But when telecommunications cease, so does Unix. Not to mention the power grid. This is the most important message I've ever seen on this list. Sign me: ML Duke Unix Newbie Operating in winfecesdoz In Order To Focus On Money Making To Prepare To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message