[gorjusborg]

It does seem a very strange position when today's sensibilities are applied.

I do understand the point of view when I think back. Today, Unix-like systems are everywhere. Learning it and working with it is a given. Back then, having access to a unix system was not a given. It was very expensive for hardware and software. The idea that one would be so close to the system and could be denied enough access by an overzealous BOFH was too much to take.

It just goes to show that circumstances change, and things can get weird if we don't change with it.