16 Mar
1998
16 Mar
'98
11:26 a.m.
Tim Shoppa wrote:
Unfortunately, now if you go to a CS department
it's rare to see people
using anything other than generic Unix boxes. This is a crying shame, as
Unix was a pretty poor choice of OS's in 1972 (when it was started) and
on today's big computers it's a much, much poorer choice compared to
all the OS's developed by advanced research groups in the 70's and 80's.
Yeah, but I think the motivation is that these projects come and go, the
direction (even objectives) of AI research fluctuates, but the computer
system has to stay and adapt--it's as if Unix itself has evolved into
the fittest beast in the jungle, maybe not the strongest or smartest,
just a capable survivor ;)
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