I installed SCO OpenServer and tried to install Unixware on one of my Intel powered machines.
Unixware just plain wouldn't install and OpenServer ran like a constipated slug nearing its deathbed, even on the command line. I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt though, and left in on for a few days so I could try it out. "Painful" is the only way I can describe the experience.
Although the slowness was irritating, the requirement of typing in forty-bazillion digits in order to license every damn piece of software on the machine was downright unpleasant. What a pain in the ass!
If I wanted to, I could probably read a few books and become a Certified Novell Engineer, even though I've never touched a Novell system. Anyone with half a clue and good test taking skills can pass a multiple choice test. Any company that relies on an employee's certifications to prove their worth, is certainly not a company I'd want to work for.
Of course there is also the "dick measuring factor"... those who obtain cert's just so they can add them to their sig. It's like, "Hey, look at me. I'm a computer god! I've got fifteen acronyms after my name..."
J.R. Harper Dr. of UNIX Wizardry, MCSE, CNE, CNA, PHd, BSME, BSCS, MSEE, FUCKME...
I'll second that! I, for one, am never going to register another domain name again. What's so damn hard about remembering a number? I know a bunch of phone numbers.
I can just see the day when AT&T starts offering DNS for our phone lines... those numbers are too hard to remember ya know. Then we'll probably see a mass rush to register by domain name hoarders. Any thing to make a buck....
Here's an idea... How about not using domain names at all? I'm getting about sick of all the damn commercials on TV... "We're the dot in dot.com" so forth and so on.
How long is it going to be before they start offering DNS for telephone service? Those numbers can be hard to remember you know. Heh, I can just see it now. Our telephone will be running Netscape, and instead of http, it'll be:
tele://bill.smith.com
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y'notice how after a certain... oops, somebody already said that.
Ya ever notice that when you do go to the end of the thread, it has nothing to do with the original story?
So, in an effort to stay on topic... The Incans are wrong. I just finished wiring up my ACME Do-It-Yourself World Destruction Kit. I'd say the world is gonna end... oh, I don't know... say 11:00 pm EDT? Is that cool with everyone else?
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Unixware just plain wouldn't install and OpenServer ran like a constipated slug nearing its deathbed, even on the command line. I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt though, and left in on for a few days so I could try it out. "Painful" is the only way I can describe the experience.
Although the slowness was irritating, the requirement of typing in forty-bazillion digits in order to license every damn piece of software on the machine was downright unpleasant. What a pain in the ass!
Of course there is also the "dick measuring factor"... those who obtain cert's just so they can add them to their sig. It's like, "Hey, look at me. I'm a computer god! I've got fifteen acronyms after my name..."
J.R. Harper
Dr. of UNIX Wizardry, MCSE, CNE, CNA, PHd, BSME, BSCS, MSEE, FUCKME...
I can just see the day when AT&T starts offering DNS for our phone lines... those numbers are too hard to remember ya know. Then we'll probably see a mass rush to register by domain name hoarders. Any thing to make a buck....
How long is it going to be before they start offering DNS for telephone service? Those numbers can be hard to remember you know. Heh, I can just see it now. Our telephone will be running Netscape, and instead of http, it'll be:
tele://bill.smith.com
Ya ever notice that when you do go to the end of the thread, it has nothing to do with the original story?
So, in an effort to stay on topic... The Incans are wrong. I just finished wiring up my ACME Do-It-Yourself World Destruction Kit. I'd say the world is gonna end... oh, I don't know... say 11:00 pm EDT? Is that cool with everyone else?
The place that ran the article *about* SGI.
So does anyone know what they might be changing their name to... and why?