I just want to say that I absolutely adore all of you making comments like it's Usenet back in the day.
Now do the Netscape open sources Mozilla announcement on /.
You're all making me remember what it was like to delve into the weird and wonderful world of httpd, perl cgi-bin, and Slackware 3. (My first Linux!! I kept wondering why the system was so aggressive because it said it wanted to bash me for making mistakes: "bash: syntax error"!)
I have fond memories of working on Sony Broadcast's Linux-based digital interactive TV servers in London. Then packing everything up and transporting it to Amsterdam for IBC 1999 (I think?). Setting everything up was a real slog, but I got to see a trade show spring up from a bare floor into an amazing variety of booths. The construction was crazy complex and I'm astounded that it came together in time.
Thank you all, from this old dude, for the huge nostalgia trip :)
Going through the comments and felt the same nostalgia. Everyone is pitch perfect with the tone of the conversation 30 years ago. Camps of "leave well enough alone", "not another language", "big corporations trying to cash in on this internet trend".
Back in the day, some of us were programming snobs. Personally guilty of making comments downplaying the value of HTML and JavaScript.
Now do the Netscape open sources Mozilla announcement on /.
You're all making me remember what it was like to delve into the weird and wonderful world of httpd, perl cgi-bin, and Slackware 3. (My first Linux!! I kept wondering why the system was so aggressive because it said it wanted to bash me for making mistakes: "bash: syntax error"!)
I have fond memories of working on Sony Broadcast's Linux-based digital interactive TV servers in London. Then packing everything up and transporting it to Amsterdam for IBC 1999 (I think?). Setting everything up was a real slog, but I got to see a trade show spring up from a bare floor into an amazing variety of booths. The construction was crazy complex and I'm astounded that it came together in time.
Thank you all, from this old dude, for the huge nostalgia trip :)