Re: Andrew Tanenbaum AP story

From: Kenneth Downs <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 07:57:30 -0500
Message-ID: <qjkamc.6c.ln@192.168.10.210>

Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> Kenneth Downs <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>

>>...and yet the use of this "obsolete" design continues to grow faster than
>>any other system out there, including BSD.
>>
>>The standard rebuttal to the "obsolete" or "inferior" argument is that the
>>definitions are too narrow.


> 

>      I like this pithy sig:

>
> legacy (adj) - A pejorative term used in the computer industry meaning
> "it works."
>

LOL!

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Kenneth Downs
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Received on Wed Nov 03 2004 - 06:57:30 CST