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The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994)

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Post by caned » Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 4:07 AM UTC

Re: The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994)

Post by rightbyte » Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 10:51 AM UTC

I miss these long form nerd rants. 360 pages. I'd pick chain mail collections on handcrafted html sites over current day blog spam any day.

Post by lproven » Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 1:24 PM UTC

So many previous posts and discussions that I don't have time to copy and paste them all.

But, yes, absolutely seminal text. Many of its complaints do still apply today. I'm glad people are still discovering it in 2025.