From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 95 10:45:48 PST
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Subject: Re: alt.religion.your.operating.system.sucks
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On Mon, 30 Jan 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 09:07:37 -0500
> From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@imsi.com>
> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: alt.religion.your.operating.system.sucks 
> 
> 
> I'd have replied in private mail, but Mr. Embarassing here can't be
> reached by mail...
> 
> anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com says:
> > Well, maybe unix gets its reputation for being hostile because of
> > things like 
> > 
> > * many commands don't work fully (find, for example)
> 
> Haven't found a bug in find since '85.
> 
> > * a large portion choke on input that isn't "expected"
> 
> Such as?

Perry,  I listed a huge number of the things that anonymous
is complaining about, under the thread heading "Even more 
holy war on unix"

I listed them precisely in response to flames like yours
challenging me to name such things.

If you ask "Such as" then someone is going to answer again.

The Holy Warriors of the Sacred Unix demand facts, then
scream like nasty children when someone answers this demand.

They say "Put up or shut up", and then send a torrent of 
savage hate mail when somebody puts up.



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