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_at_192.168.10.210>
> legacy (adj) - A pejorative term used in the computer industry meaning
> "it works."
>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 07:57:30 -0500
Message-ID: <qjkamc.6c.ln_at_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!
-- Kenneth Downs Use first initial plus last name at last name plus literal "fam.net" to email meReceived on Wed Nov 03 2004 - 13:57:30 CET