One of the best things about this list is first hand accounts of our internet lore Does anyone have any stories about working with or near John they would like to share with the list? It would definitely make my day to hear more about the early internet Thanks, Dan On Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 8:01 PM Nathan Angelacos <nangel@tetrasec.net> wrote:
Early unix had a similar philosophical debate. Everything is a simple file (including most devices), make commands which do one thing and do it well so they can be connected together in new ways (an almost prescient view on the ubiquity of multi-cpu/core systems), when in doubt generalize and let the user specialize for their needs, don't try to guess everything your program will be used for.
Oh. you mean SaaS? or WebSockets? or REST? or :)
I remember an old guy I worked with. We were decommissioning our Prime for this new thing called "Novell 286"
He said "The computer industry is like the car industry in the 50's. We add more grille, more fenders, more wings. But it is still a car."