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UNIX is like the maritime transit system in an impoverished country.
The ferryboats are dangerous as hell, offer no protection from the weather and leak like sieves....
UNIX is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody.
unixism: n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory UNIX systems.
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Unix is not a "A-ha" experience, it is more of a "holy-shit" experience.
-- Colin McFadyen in alt.folklore.compute...
Unix is not your mother. -- The Tiger Team
UNIX isn't so tough, even secretaries can use it." -- VMS use
Unix is the answer, but only if you phrase the question very carefully.
UNIX is the answer - what was the question?
Unix is the worst operating system; except for all others. -- Berry Kercheval
UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

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