Heh, I have that book. I picked it up one day after struggling to get
ClearCase running on HPUX 8 (or was it 9?) for about 2 weeks. Not
good for the UNIX newbie. It will really unnecessarily skew your
opinion against the OS. So many of the UNIX "features" they listed
were out of date, even back then (1994). It took me several years to
get over some of the bias I picked up in that book. :-)
And they never offered a solution for all of UNIX's short-comings. If
a better OS can be made, why hadn't it? More of a "Whiner's Handbook"
than anything, but still pretty funny in some parts. Hmm... I think
I'll try to find it tonight...
Signed,
A Reformed UNIX Hater
At 7:25 PM -0600 3/2/00, Henri J. Schlereth wrote:
>> I refer anybody who wants to know what 'etc' covers to find a copy of "The
>> UNIX-HATERS Handbook", by Simson Garfinkel, et. al. ISBN 1-56884-203-1
>>
>> It's been out of print for a while, but if you can find it, it's an
>> entertaining read. (Full disclosure: I'm a contributor.)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>Yes! I managed to find a copy at a half-price bookstore, and as a
>*nix fan many people are surprised to see that in my possesion.
>Maybe it is time for a Microsoft-Haters Handbook?
>
>Henri
