Re: Beginner's course to *PROPER* slashing (for HJR, not important, not directly Oracle related)

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<btzm9.44634$g9.127397_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> I've always wanted an entire thread named after me, so thank you Dusan.

Formerly there should be "for Et Al", but I've decided not to be unnecessarily cruel. :-)

> Can I take the test now, please?

No, because of new certification rules you must take lecture led classes before test. :-)

> This part of the course is called 'The Ascent of OSes' by Howard Bronowski,
> and demonstrates how Windows emerged from the primaeval swamp called Unix,
> and has continued its evolutionary ascent ever since.

No, in fact it's about beauty of primaeval swamp and ugliness of "modern world".

> Not entirely sure you want to go there. "Slash" has a meaning in English
> slang which I really don't want to get into. But have done frequently since
> birth. Eeeeugh.

How frequently you did "backslashing" since birth? :-)

> > 5) Why was Mr. Gates wrong
>
> As Chou En Lai once said: it's too early to tell.

... until you burn in (MS) hell.

> It's falling over backwards, because you can relax back in your seat with
> Windows. With Unix, it's tottering forwards to doom and eventual oblivion,
> rather like the OS itself. (We can live in hope).

You can relax back in your seat while using window, you can even fell asleep, because you'll wait a long time staring on sandglasses.

> Good.
>
> Damn.

You're working for Oracle University, you should know the rules. No paper without paying.

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