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| 27 July 2011
| Tony Smith
Posted on 07/27/2011 8:42:18 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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07/27/2011 8:42:24 AM PDT
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ShadowAce
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:43:16 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
I love the command line. Everything went downhill when people started depending on GUIs.
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:46:07 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: ClearCase_guy
I spend every day admin’ing systems from only the command line.
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:48:19 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ClearCase_guy
I loved programming machine language by flipping the switches on the front - writing actual code is for sissies. /Just Kidding
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07/27/2011 8:50:01 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:50:09 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: ShadowAce
The command line allows people who know what they're doing to just go ahead and do it.
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:50:46 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:51:39 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I loved programming machine language by flipping the switches on the front - writing actual code is for sissies. /Just Kidding When I started coding, we had to code in 0s and 1s, and sometimes we didn't even have the 1s.
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:51:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Loves my Xemacs though. vim works for me. :)
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:53:37 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ClearCase_guy
The command line and scripts are the ultimate method for admins to work.
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:56:31 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
I still say OS2/Warp was the best PC operating system, ever.
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:59:04 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: ClearCase_guy
I don't really disagree but I will note that I have problems with lots of drives and directories, even with aliases set up for network shares with the command line.
I have one VM set up for DOS with networking and it can be kind of hard for me to keep up with where everything is.
Having said that I still miss the good old command line only days.
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posted on
07/27/2011 9:04:29 AM PDT
by
Proud_texan
(Scare people enough and they'll do anything.)
To: ShadowAce
The command line and scripts are the ultimate method for admins to work.Yep... fancy GUIs look nice but automation is a lot easier if you also have a command line interface.
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posted on
07/27/2011 9:04:36 AM PDT
by
ken in texas
(Can't Afford a Tagline... send money.)
To: ShadowAce
I’ve written quite a number of Elisp customizations for
Xemacs and have beggged, borrowed or stolen countless others.
I guess you can do much the same thing in vi, vim, gvim etc.
(kinda, sorta, don’t really know) but some of these add-ons
are absolutely must haves for me. Wouldn’t know what to do
without ‘em.
To: dfwgator
I still say OS2/Warp was the best PC operating system, ever.
Thank you ! I am glad you liked it. It was many years ago in a past lifetime.
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posted on
07/27/2011 9:08:50 AM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: dfwgator
To: dfwgator
We were an OS2/Warp company for the longest time.
Every enduser totally hated it.
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posted on
07/27/2011 9:10:37 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(2007 deficit 160 Billion, 2008 - 458 billion, 2009 -1.4 Trillion, 2010 - 1.6 Trillion)
To: ShadowAce
To: pyx
VMS is my nominee as the best OS of all time. Too bad
you need VAX or Alpha processors to run it.
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