Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 13:22:57 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org>, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix-haters Message-ID: <21628.861654177@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Apr 1997 13:43:44 MDT." <335BC370.41C67EA6@fsl.noaa.gov>
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> I recommend _The Unix Haters Handbook_ (IDG Books 1994, ISBN > 1-56884-203-1) by Garfinkel et al. to even the most ardent Unix > aficionados. It's a great read, and filled with humor. But it also has Actually, I found it both dull and rather lacking in the humor department. :-) It made a few good points, but elsewhere it seemed to be _trying_ so damn hard to come up with legitimate grievances that the whole attempt just sort of fell flat for me. I expect my pointed satires to be done with a little more wit and finesse' before I'll award them good marks and Mark Twain this guy isn't. :-) Jordan
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