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- From: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Portability of code & skills (Beware of "C" Hackers etc)
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- Date: 21 Mar 1996 22:03:02 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- Imonics Corporation (rcook@imonics.com) wrote:
- : I think Unix and C are a success because they are deliberately
- : obscure.
-
- They were successful because it was possible to get it running
- on the hottest silicon for the money.
-
- Unix won because a VAX 11/750 with VMS 2 and vt240 9600 baud graphics
- terminals was utterly inferior to a Sun 3/280 with a 19" bitmapped
- console.
-
- They were successful because it enabled real competition: minor
- differences aside, it was possible for a customer to say
- "Buzz off DEC, we're going with Sun."
-
- : rc
-