unix

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Unix Personality

a: Unix ~
b: A Mirror

What: "The truth is that UNIX is like a mirror, it reflects without distortion the personality of the people who write applications for it. Because UNIX has been around for almost 16 years now, its no surprise that a lot of variety has shown up in the way the user interface is handled by applications programmers. "

Useful?
Writer: M. David Rook
LCC: QA
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jun 12 2010 7:41 AM


Unix

a: Unix ~
b: driving clutch

What: "UNIX is like driving clutch instead of automatic...very fast, very powerful, stable on the curves... but the learning curve is steep."

Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC: QA
Where:
Date: Jun 12 2010 7:41 AM



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