10 OSes We Left Behind 562
CWmike writes "As the tech community gears up to celebrate Unix's 40th birthday this summer, one thing is clear: People do love operating systems. They rely on them, get exasperated by them and live with their little foibles. So now that we're more than 30 years into the era of the personal computer, Computerworld writers and editors, like all technology aficionados, find ourselves with lots of memories and reactions to the OSes of yesteryear (pics galore). We have said goodbye to some of them with regret. (So long, AmigaOS!) Some of them we tossed carelessly aside. (Adios, Windows Me!) Some, we threw out with great force. (Don't let the door hit you on the way out, MS-DOS 4.0!) Today we honor a handful of the most memorable operating systems and interfaces that have graced our desktops over the years. Plus: We take a look back at 40 years since Unix was introduced."
Lights Out - RIP CBM (Score:5, Funny)
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Whoa! 40 years old!? (Score:5, Funny)
Um, Unix was insubordinate. Unix was late in its tasks. Unix didn't offer anything to the team - it didn't work well with Windows. Unix refused to take time off - it insisted on working all the time; even when other OSes wanted the time off.Unix is not a team player. Unix refuses to learn new technologies (specifics available one request). Unix made sexual advances to other OSes: tried to "hadnshake" with Windows, "Integrated" with OS X.
It is my profound conclusion and advice that Unix should be terminated. It is an "out of date" operating system and therefore; contributes to an"out of date" business model.
Some of them we tossed carelessly aside... (Score:5, Funny)
FTA: "Some of them we tossed carelessly aside. (Adios, Windows Me!)"
I took great care in building a trebuchet capable of tossing Windows Me far enough from in order to keep it from further damaging my poor, unsuspecting PC.
Re:Some of them we tossed carelessly aside... (Score:5, Funny)
I took great care in building a trebuchet capable of tossing Windows Me far enough from in order to keep it from further damaging my poor, unsuspecting PC.
If the PC is your baby, Windows ME is child molestation. 'nuff said.
Re:UNIX is not a (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Some of them we tossed carelessly aside... (Score:3, Funny)
Why do people keep wanting to build tree buckets? Is it something to do with maple syrup?
Re:DOS 5.0 (Score:1, Funny)
IMO, DOS 5.0 was the best OS Microsoft made.
This would be the textbook example of damning with faint praise.
Re:Bastards! (Score:4, Funny)
Um... that bouncing-ball demo that all the Amiga owners loved to show off?
Re:Criteria (Score:1, Funny)
"with 128mb of RAM"
You know that your computer's memory is limited when you measure in millibits....
The 10 OSes I have gladly left behind... (Score:5, Funny)
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.11
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98se
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Re:Bastards! (Score:5, Funny)
What about BOB? (Score:4, Funny)
MS BOB was the OS that made computing personal for me.
So that's what AmigaOS looked like (Score:5, Funny)
I had an Amiga for a couple of years when they were popular. Many of my mates had Amigas then too. None of us used them for anything other than games, so we never seen anything beyond the white screen with the hand holding the floppy disc. I keep hearing about how well regarded the AmigaOS was but have never seen screenshots until this article.
Re:DOS 5.0 (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Bastards! (Score:5, Funny)
You must have a lot of wobbly bookcases eh ?
Re:The 10 OSes I have gladly left behind... (Score:4, Funny)
Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 is the only version of MS Windows I've used I did not have trouble with. That could be because I haven't used my NT4 PC much. Because the CPU is a DEC Alpha [wikipedia.org] I wasn't able to install all the software I wanted to use.
Falcon
What the??? You missed fingered? (Score:3, Funny)
Geez, how could you miss "fingered CP/M"
Re:Bastards! (Score:3, Funny)
Show's what you know.
No. Clearly, show is what *you* know.