"In less than an hour, [Geeks and Nerds] from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest [OS] battle in the history of [Nerd]kind. [Nerd]kind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of [August], and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win the day, the Fourth of [August] will no longer be known as a [Geek and Nerd] holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!'"
Thomas J. Whitmore President of the United States of America Area 51, Nevada 'Independence Day' (with the appropriate changes)
Sorry, I just had to. It was the first thing that came to mind.
After reading the question two thougts came to my mind.
The first was that Unix will not die, to see that just look at *BSD and the growth it is experincing. Of course linux (linux is after all designed to be Unix like) can be used as an example but then that opens up the whole GNU is not Unix thing. So Unix will not die, but rather closed, propietary Unix systems will die, again FreeBSD is a prime example of how an open Unix system can succeed. To see Unix systems fading just look a SGIs irix, and how they're practically throwing it out the window for linux.
The second thought I had was in order for Unix to die would be for the Unix philosophy to die. The ideas that small is beautiful, programs should do just one thing, and programs should be filters is very important to Unix, and perhaps transends it. Sure, kernels may change, shells may disapear, and X might fade away but as long as there are people that addhere to the Unix philosphy, and there surely will be, then Unix never will die. That thought reminds me of a.sig I see floating around, " Those who do not understand it are doomed reinvent it... badly ", that certinly is true but ask yourself this, does that mean understanding Unix as a bunch of stuff in/etc or as Unix the philosophy.
February 8th, 1996 - the day of the signing into law of the CDA (Communications Decency Act), so called by analogy with the catastrophic "Black Friday" in 1929 that began the Great Depression.
-- The New Hackers Dictionary
Note the attacks occured the day before, the day of and the day after the aniversery of the day that the CDA was signed into law.
Yes most likely, but by a buisness or the media I doubt it. These attacks seem to be to be a politcal statement, I don't know it's been mentioned, but remember that Febuary 8th is known as Black Thursday - the day the CDA was signed into law in 1996. Is it more than a coincidence the attacks center around this date? You decide.
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"In less than an hour, [Geeks and Nerds] from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest [OS] battle in the history of [Nerd]kind. [Nerd]kind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of [August], and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win the day, the Fourth of [August] will no longer be known as a [Geek and Nerd] holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!'"
Thomas J. Whitmore
President of the United States of America
Area 51, Nevada
'Independence Day' (with the appropriate changes)
Sorry, I just had to. It was the first thing that came to mind.
After reading the question two thougts came to my mind.
.sig I see floating around, " Those who do not understand it are doomed reinvent it ... badly ", that certinly is true but ask yourself this, does that mean understanding Unix as a bunch of stuff in /etc or as Unix the philosophy.
The first was that Unix will not die, to see that just look at *BSD and the growth it is experincing. Of course linux (linux is after all designed to be Unix like) can be used as an example but then that opens up the whole GNU is not Unix thing. So Unix will not die, but rather closed, propietary Unix systems will die, again FreeBSD is a prime example of how an open Unix system can succeed. To see Unix systems fading just look a SGIs irix, and how they're practically throwing it out the window for linux.
The second thought I had was in order for Unix to die would be for the Unix philosophy to die. The ideas that small is beautiful, programs should do just one thing, and programs should be filters is very important to Unix, and perhaps transends it. Sure, kernels may change, shells may disapear, and X might fade away but as long as there are people that addhere to the Unix philosphy, and there surely will be, then Unix never will die. That thought reminds me of a
Black Thursday n.
February 8th, 1996 - the day of the signing into law of the CDA (Communications Decency Act), so called by analogy with the catastrophic "Black Friday" in 1929 that began the Great Depression.
-- The New Hackers Dictionary
Note the attacks occured the day before, the day of and the day after the aniversery of the day that the CDA was signed into law.
Yes most likely, but by a buisness or the media I doubt it. These attacks seem to be to be a politcal statement, I don't know it's been mentioned, but remember that Febuary 8th is known as Black Thursday - the day the CDA was signed into law in 1996. Is it more than a coincidence the attacks center around this date? You decide.