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1. jjg (jjg@sunbeam.city)'s status on Saturday, 26-Jan-2019 19:30:49 EST jjg

   Some days I wonder if we really need any new computer technology. After all, is there anything Unix *cant* do (if you’re willing to learn all of it)?

   1. nemesis unchained (remotenemesis@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 26-Jan-2019 19:41:38 EST nemesis unchained

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      @jjg Need? No. NIXes are going to be with us for another 50 years at least (pulling a number out of thin air)

      I remember things like BeOS and OS/2 that modernized many concepts. I want for us to keep trying to make something better.

      1. jjg (jjg@sunbeam.city)'s status on Saturday, 26-Jan-2019 19:45:06 EST jjg

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         @remotenemesis no doubt there has been (and could be) some cool stuff (I spend a lot of time noodling on such things).

         But I’m always surprised that when I look hard enough, there’s almost always a Unix program that does what I need.

         Sometimes I think I should just focus on getting everyone in the world Unix levels of computing utility.