Quote #193
Was it Ritchie or Thompson who said about X:
"Sometimes, when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks"?
Was it Ritchie or Thompson who said about X:
"Sometimes, when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks"?
Related:
- Sometimes when you fill a vacuum it still
sucks... - In his '90 Usenix presentation, Dennis Ritchie reminded the audience that
Steve Jobs stood at the same podium a few years back and announced that
X-windows was brain-dead and would soon die.
"He was half-right. Sometimes when you fill a vacuum... - If you fill a vacuum, it can still suck.
--
Dennis... - I have never seen anything fill up a vacuum so fast and still suck.
Rob Pike, on X. Steve Jobs said two years ago that... - VACUUM-CLEANER
Men have traditionally said of vacuum-cleaners "what's that?" New
men know what vacuum-cleaners are,
even if they've never touched them in the flesh.... - Life in a vacuum
sucks... - As in certain cults it is possible to
kill a process if you know its true name.
Ken Thompson and Dennis M.... - When you're an anvil, hold you still; when you're a hammer,
strike your fill. -- Ben...
