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In the Beginning Was the Command Line (1999)

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412 points conanxin | 1 comments | 27 Jul 24 06:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.25s | source
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mxwsn ◴[27 Jul 24 07:02 UTC] No.41084928[source]▶
This essay by Neal Stephenson was first published in 1999. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_...

The analogy of OS as cars (Windows is a station wagon, Linux is a tank) is brought up in the recent Acquired episode on Microsoft, where Vista was a Dodge Viper but Windows 7 was a Toyota Camry, which is what users actually wanted.

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throwawaydummy ◴[27 Jul 24 22:48 UTC] No.41089882[source]▶
I didn’t know myself let alone computers but anyone know why Vista and Windows 8 got such bad reps?
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1. theandrewbailey ◴[28 Jul 24 11:43 UTC] No.41092587[source]▶
I'm one of the few people who thought Vista was fine. It mostly got a bad rap because of bad drivers and high system requirements.