I always thought the criticism of that quote was misplaced. In networking it's extremely common for us to refer to connections as "Pipes". It's even embedded

I always thought the criticism of that quote was misplaced. In networking it's extremely common for us to refer to connections as "Pipes". It's even embedded in many of the programming languages exactly as such. It's also important to note, that he never used the word "just" - that's a misquote.