Why I love Unix

I stumbled upon this article by the great author Sandra Henry-Stocker.

Why I Love Unix | ITworld

I think it's worth reading. Loving what you do and getting paid for it is just great

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Forsaken_GA

Have to agree. Unix is a little paradoxical in that it's level of sophistication allows for an incredible degree of simplicity. For those who understand how all the parts fit together, the complexity melts away, and the only limit to what you can do is your imagination (ok, and maybe your disk I/O too)

UnixGuy

I like the author's writing style. I've been skimming through one of her books:
Amazon.com: Solaris Solutions for System Administrators: Time-Saving Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds, Second Edition (9780471431152): Sandra Henry-Stocker, Evan R. Marks: Books

It is outdated, but I enjoyed skimming through some chapters. Her blog is fun to read too

ehnde

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

Unix is a little paradoxical

And let's not forget that GNU stands for GNU is Not Unix

"Hurd" stands for "Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons" (or does it?)

and also Wine stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator