On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:44:03 +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:16:54AM +0100, Thorsten Haude said >> * s. keeling wrote (2004-02-09 06:44): >> >Just because it doesn't mention kde 3.x doesn't mean it's obsolete. >> >> The book is 20 years old! There wasn't even an X Window to speak of! > > I haven't read the book under discussion, but this seems rather odd. > How does X enter into systems administration or Unix programming at all, > aside from the obvious?
You make an excellent point. I've been working with Unices since before the book was published, and it's still the first book I pick up if I need to look up something. That's probably because I am intimately familiar with it, but it's also to do with trust and nostalgia, I'm sure. I feel as if Brian and Rob are old friends. BTW, if you haven't read it, flip through it at a library or a bookstore. You might enjoy it enough to buy a copy. Like I said elsewhere in this thread, it's a bit of Unix history. -- ....................paul "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected." (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
