10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
3:28 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:01 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Who's dead? (was RE: UNIX V7)
On Jun 9, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Ian King wrote:
Dave, in truth I spent no little time writing a less harsh response than I might have, but
I feel it is necessary to address his dismissive attitude toward the realities of vintage
systems and their software, if he wants to play in this pool. It's not the lack of
knowledge - that can be corrected, as I experience every day in my own life - but what I
perceive as the attitude that "it's not worth knowing" that harshes my
mellow. -- Ian
Your definition of "from way back"
seems somewhat limited... by the
way, did you realize that VMS is still a supported OS, more than
thirty years after its introduction?
Not only supported, but still under very active development!
Further, your reluctance to use
non-screen-oriented editors is,
shall we say, 'bad juju' in this community. While I certainly
prefer a screen editor such as vi (and not such as EMACS), I can
easily do ed or TECO as needed, because I MUST in order to work
with truly vintage systems. -- Ian
Please cut the guy some slack, Ian. The OP was Kirn, who is 19.
His idea of "way back" is pretty different from yours or mine.
-Dave