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Unix was a terrible idea that probably set us back multiple decades not to mention fueling the computer security circus and the trillion dollar cybercrime indu
by armitron 4y ago
Unix was a terrible idea that probably set us back multiple decades not to mention fueling the computer security circus and the trillion dollar cybercrime industry it spawned. But yes, we need more ideas like it <s>
I’d prescribe the author multiple courses of The Unix Hater’s Handbook but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for a cure.
- vanjajaja1 4y agowhat's the tldr on a proposed world where the unix mistake didn't happen? how could have computing played out and iterated better?
- EddieDante 4y agoGP should be grateful we didn't get stuck with Multics, ITS, or TOPS20 instead.
- beej71 4y agoNo kidding. The playing field wasn't super great, and Unix was and is still a top contender even today. CP/M. OS/2. MS-DOS. OS/2 Warp. Windows. Windows NT. Mac OS. VMS...
- krmboya 4y agoYeah, maybe we optimistically speculate that Smalltalk or Lisp Machines would have won instead, but it may have been the poorer alternatives that would have won if not UNIX
- coderdd 4y agoI think https://www.dreamsongs.com/WIB.html https://www.dreamsongs.com/WIB.html "2.1 The Rise of Worse is Better" is as good a comparison as one can get. (I'm neutral but I like the historic context)