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created_at: '2015-06-04T15:01:57.000Z'
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title: 'BSD Unix: Power to the people, from the code (2000)'
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url: http://www.salon.com/2000/05/16/chapter_2_part_one/
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author: vezzy-fnord
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points: 82
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2018-06-08 12:05:27 +00:00
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year: 2000
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2018-03-03 09:35:28 +00:00
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Third, even if Joy did not piss off his fellow programmers by saying
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"Read the protocol and write the code," no one who knows him well will
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deny that it is the kind of thing he *could* easily have said. Joy's
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colleagues and professors are unanimous in describing him as a
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fundamentally nice guy. But like so many great hackers, Joy is also
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almost unconsciously arrogant. And that arrogance has been,
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historically, a key part of the BSD legend. As a general rule,
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programmers tend to have a high opinion of themselves. And as a class,
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Unix programmers are well known for demonstrating their own special
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blend of high-priest orneriness. But BSD Unix hackers, with some notable
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exceptions, are especially virulent in their self-assuredness. They
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aren't wrong very often, and when they are, convincing them of that fact
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requires several armies and quite a bit of heavy artillery. Indeed, the
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easiest explanation for why BSD hackers watch in dismay while
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Linux-based operating systems sweep the world is that, for years,
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subsections of the BSD community have been endlessly imitating the
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mulishness that marked Joy's original reluctance to compromise on
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TCP/IP.
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