I thought it was older than that, because I downloaded a text copy of it in 1997 from his site and he referred to it as an older piece. If I were not looking after Alexis right now I'd check thedates on my copy.
I struggled through the first quarter of System of the World and put it down. A facinating tale but too big. larry On 6/20/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Niel Stevenson occasionally does that sort of thing. One of his more > > interesting books is "First Came the Command Liine." Its an interest > > geek rant on OS's, given its age (its was written in the early to mid > > 90's) it still is very relevant. > > Fabulous book, yes. Actually, it came out in '99, around the same time > as the Cryptonomicon. > > One of these days, I really need to get around to reading the > Quicksilver cycle. I've heard it's kinda roundabout, but somehow I > don't think I'll mind much. > > --Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161319 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
