Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Actually, I found a rather interesting description of the history of 
> Unix the other day. I'll have to see if I can find it again. As you read 
> it, you discover that many design decisions that look stupid are in fact 
> merely obsolete. They served a purpose 60 years ago, it's just that they 
> aren't the best choice any more.

  That would be quite strange, given that Unix was originally developed
41 years ago.

> > Also, being text-based (and low-bandwidth) you can create or port terminal
> > emulators to almost any system with a screen and a keyboard, even very
> > exotic ones. For instance, it's pretty common for unix-savvy people to
> > have a terminal emulator on their cellphones so that they can contact
> > their computer or whatever remotely. A remote GUI would simply not do.

> These days, the fashion seems to be for everything from print servers to 
> network hubs to be controlled by HTML over HTTP. Which is equally 
> stupid, but looks more pretty...

  Well, it has the advantage that it's still relatively low-bandwidth and
usable with any web browser in any system, and you can do things with the
mouse.

  Of course the downside is that you need something that can run a web
browser.

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                                                          - Warp

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