29 Aug
2018
29 Aug
'18
5:30 a.m.
I know that I'll probably get into trouble for writing this (I'm a born
stirrer, coming from a military family), but...
On Tue, 28 Aug 2018, Kevin Bowling wrote:
This is all so asinine it sounds like it’s run by a
random haughty
social club of people far detached from systems and UNIX and especially
far from publishing systems papers that actually advance the art.
Sometimes it is necessary to let an org know it’s become a joke. I’d
prefer to attend and assist with something not affiliated with Usenix
after reading this thread.
I'm having trouble thinking of an OS (still in current use) that has
remained *mostly* unchanged over 50 years. Yes, Unix has certainly
evolved, but is still recognisable as "do one thing, and do it well".
It's just a shame that they seem to have broken the other philosophy of
"everything looks like a file".
-- Dave