[mtraven]

I founded the original unix-haters list that the book is based off of.

What I say these days: Unix went from the worst operating system around, to the best, without getting appreciably better.

Not entirely true. But the Unix model of computation has obviously won. The Lisp Machine model, well, nobody even understands what that means any more.

[DannyBee]

The list was great. I have the two partial archives that were once posted. Are there any real archives around? I know one of the concerns was redacting names (even with just initials and no mail paths it is obvious who most people are)

[metroholografix]

The Lisp Machine model is represented by Emacs these days (which still has a thriving community). It makes interacting with the Unix model bearable since it can subsume it.

If that wasn't possible and I had to make do with just Unix, I would have switched professions. There's only so much bullshit one can take.

[tptacek]

That's a very good quip. Is it yours? Do I credit you for it?

[adestefan]

Just because it's the least bad doesn't mean anyone won.

[jhbadger]

Well, if we want to, we can use Open Genera to emulate a Symbolics workstation -- on Unix.