[AUUG-Talk]: 40 years of Unix

[steve jenkin]

I’ve enjoyed the various responses to this topic on- & off-list.

The best term I’ve heard is “Billyware”.

Anyone want to share their favourite terms or observations on Winders, Apple, or anything?

On 30 Jun 2014, at 2:06 pm, Gary R. Schmidt <grschmidt at acm.org> wrote:

>> The beer goggles powerful enough to make Windows look attractive
>> have not yet been invented. :-)
>> 
> The people who make these decisions should not be allowed to drink, they lack the intelligence and self-control to do so sensibly and safely.
> 
> Sadly, the law allows them to do so after merely having been on the planet for long enough[1]!
> 
>        Cheers,
>                Gary    B-)
> 
> 1 - Of course, values of "enough" vary from locale to locale.

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