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10 reasons to hate Unix
Had enough of Unix types gloating over the presumed superiority of their chosen OS? 
Well, here's some ammo for you to use when you're ready to fight back. David Chisnall's "10 Things I Hate About U(nix)" highlights some limitations of the OS, many of which date back to its roots in the early 70s. Unfortunately, Chisnall's suggestion that "it's time to retire UNIX in favor of modern systems with a lot more horsepower," doesn't include any specific suggestions. Since both OSX and Linux would be on Chisnall's blacklist due to their 'Nix heritage, what's left, other than niche OSes (BeOS?) and —gasp —Windows XP?
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Well, here's some ammo for you to use when you're ready to fight back. David Chisnall's "10 Things I Hate About U(nix)" highlights some limitations of the OS, many of which date back to its roots in the early 70s. Unfortunately, Chisnall's suggestion that "it's time to retire UNIX in favor of modern systems with a lot more horsepower," doesn't include any specific suggestions. Since both OSX and Linux would be on Chisnall's blacklist due to their 'Nix heritage, what's left, other than niche OSes (BeOS?) and —gasp —Windows XP?[Via Digg]
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Subscribe to commentsOscarNov 7th 2005 11:50PM
The article is probably right on some limitations but i still prefer Linux and OSX over Windows
ItsUnixTooNov 8th 2005 1:08AM
From Helen Carter's Book Inside Windows NT: "The Windows NT designers broowed from Mach and adapted its approach to their needs." Well, they could have borrowed from Plan9.....