Ralf11 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 EasyFind vs. Finder since High Sierra broke the search Historically: FORTRAN vs. microcode - so I can things done... Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Despite trying, I am unable to forget certain CDC Cyber OS commands.... Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Shirley, you jest - it's a bit earlier... that's ol' #2 I think some chick named Ada was involved with it... Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Windows NT had much in common with VMS because MSFT hired a bunch of VAXers to build NT. I met them on the slopes of Mt. St. Helens once, years ago. Samuel T Cogley 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, mansr said: Sadly, they left the legendary VMS stability behind. perhaps due to the need to deal with legacy 'systems' Stephen Jay Gould wrote a very interesting essay on this problem, linking genetics, typewriter keyboards and computers. The Panda's Thumb of Technology. Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, Chapter 4. I don't think it is on the web, but commentary & cite here: https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi719.htm The book of essays is well worth reading. Link to comment
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