[aklug] Re: AKLUG and others

From: Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@eeinternet.com>
Date: Thu Mar 04 2010 - 20:15:57 AKST

On Thursday 04 March 2010, Marc Grober elucidated thus:
> Just yanking your chain, Josh ;)

Oh, I know...and I was yanking back. But you had a valid point, whether
or not you were joking, and my writing could be interpreted as either
my experience, or a broader perspective.

j

>
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:38 PM, "Joshua J. Kugler"
> <joshua@eeinternet.com>
>
> wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 March 2010, Marc Grober elucidated thus:
> >> But all that aside Jpsh, to mention sane
> >> OS like "OS X or Linux" without mentioning unix in your blog, now
> >> that is inexcusable ;) didn't someone do a poll of sorts earlier -
> >> re cp/m lol - there was life before torvald
> >
> > Marc: re-read that section. I was listing the classes I've taken
> > and the ways in which they helped me. :) Context:
> >
> > "I've taken the full complement of CS classes to earn my BS, and
> > almost
> > my MS. There are classes I may never use again. But I'm glad I had
> > CS... 321 (Operating systems; especially helps when running on
> > "sane" systems such as Linux or Mac OS X)"
> >
> > I've run Linux and Max OS X, personally. I've had no experience
> > with any other Unix. Nothing against them...just no motivation or
> > opportunity at the moment. I'd love to learn BSD, and probably
> > Solaris, but I haven't gotten there yet.
> >
> > But you're right, that paragraph could be construed in a more
> > general context, in which case, it should include other Unices.
> >
> > j
> >
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