From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 1 18:43:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA3BA16A502 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:43:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from slackwarewolf@comcast.net) Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net (rwcrmhc14.comcast.net [216.148.227.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62F0743D4C for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:43:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from slackwarewolf@comcast.net) Received: from hydrocodone.org (c-69-246-87-201.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[69.246.87.201]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20060601184338m14009infae>; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:43:38 +0000 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:43:17 -0400 From: Allen To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060601144317.47402556@hydrocodone.org> In-Reply-To: <447F0062.8060302@daleco.biz> References: <447E9540.2020003@io.dk> <200606011357.11990.aren.tyr@gawab.com> <447F0062.8060302@daleco.biz> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-suse-linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: The Unix Haters Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:43:39 -0000 On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:57:38 -0500 Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Aren Olvalde Tyr wrote: > > Hi > > > >> Anyway, wanted to share my discovery. I know many knows this book, but > >> perhaps many also don't. > > > > Very amusing/interesting. I knew of the "Unix haters" journal/e-mail list, but > > didn't realise that a book existed. > > > > Aren. > > I'm afraid I've not time to RTFT today (at least not > ATM), but I've got to ask a few questions of this list: > > 1. FreeBSD is not UNIX, by definition and agreement. > So, does the book really apply? Will another lawsuit > loom large on the horizon if it does? Does SCO have > personnel who "check out" related OSes to determine whether > they meet the appropriate "UNIX-hating" criteria? (ref. > POSIX). Technically FreeBSD has more right than SCO UNIX to be called UNIX, Legally who cares laws and computer science have really not ever mixed. > > 2. Is 'UNIX-hating' an acquired taste/skill/disability? > Is it possible to be stupid/ignorant/naive enough to not > hate UNIX? Could be a form of retardation. But that's my arrogant Elitism. > 3. Should we hunt down the author, install FBSD on his > machine(s), chant "make install clean" repeatedly whilst > we transliterate his work into groff, Tex, Docbook and LaTEX > via the stuff in ports/converters? Perhaps he's never run > a modern OS .... I've seen the web site and read it before. to me it looked like a windows guy who was paid to write down everything he was thinking about Windows and change the names. > > Just trolling, Just Biting, > > Kevin Kinsey -Allen