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Ask Unix Co-Creator Rob Pike

Posted by Roblimo on Tuesday October 5, 2004 @05:00AM from the in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line dept.

Today we return to our Slashdot interview roots with a "Call for questions" for Rob "Commander" Pike, who has been involved in the development of many modern programming concepts, GUI advances, character sets, and operating systems. We'll email 10 - 12 of the highest-moderated questions to Rob and post his answers as soon as he gets them back to us.

Re:Where do u think Linux is headed? by roalt · 2004-10-05 05:11 · Score: 0, Troll

Do u beleive after 10 years, there will be Liux & Windows only (like Bill Gates)?? Will Linux dominate & will Microsoft vanquish into the night!
Answer: no...
I think Liux and Widows will be the only 2...
Re:Apple and Unix by The+Phantom+Buffalo · 2004-10-05 05:53 · Score: 1, Troll

Apple doesn't use Unix.
Re:OK, here's the obligatory by niteice · 2004-10-05 06:41 · Score: 0, Troll

You've never used emacs, have you? It is the most bloated, arcane, and BLOATED program this side of Microsoft.

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Is UNIX worth it? by jlrobins_uncc · 2004-10-05 07:14 · Score: 1, Troll

Is all of the current effort maintaining implementations of the UNIX way worth it? More specifically, when should we finally cut our losses and stop living with design desicions which were made decades ago for hardware and user constraints which are not nearly as relevant now as they were when they were made?