[clug] [WOT] Is there something like this for O/S, filesystems, tools and distributions?

Neill Cox neill.cox at ingenious.com.au
Wed May 12 17:37:25 MDT 2010


Not really what you asked for, but you might like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Contradictionary by Stan
Kelly-Bootle.

Cheers,
Neill

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:18 AM, steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>wrote:

> [WOT == Wildly Off Topic]
>
> Anyone point me to a satirical history of O/S's and distros?
> Or their favourite tools/tool chains, apps, GUI's, ...
>
> If not, with the collective genius of the list, we could create one.
>
> I'd like an entry for ReiserFS [I've had to fix broken FS too many times
> for others]:
>
> "Reiser for a bet, invents a super-fast file-system that breaks when a
> cat enters the room, showing exceptional AI ability but poor systems
> code. Eventually has guilt-induced breakdown and is incarcerated."
>
> cheers
> steve
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