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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:46:30 -0800
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Boyd Roberts wrote:
> From: Christian Smith <csmith@micromuse.com>
> > BTW, is it just Linux you spit venom at, or all other OSes?
>
> you think that's 'venom'?
> 
> i take dennis ritchie's position:
> 
>     unix has retarded o/s research by 10 years and linux has
>     retarded it by 20.

One could also say the same thing about Windoze, given its
popularization amongs .EDU CS departments in a (IMHO) mistaken
attempt to reduce cost per seat or something.  Perhaps these
CS departments are dominated by Corporate IT types who liken
churning out cookie-cutter students to churning out cookie-cutter
widgets.  There are a few bright stars out there but generally
the situation is grim.

Sigh.

--eric