[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-08-22, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:25:17 -0500, Bob Koehler wrote:
>
>>    Imagine my wake up when I installed Lotus/123 on VMS and "lo" was no
>>    longer unique.  Now "lo" is an official alias.
>

Been there, done that. :-)

>> 
>>    I don't mind "ls" so much as I mind figuring out, for each and every
>>    command, what "-l" does.  And when is "-" required (most options on
>>    most commands) vs. when it is optional (tar is my prime example) vs.
>>    when must if not be used (BSD dump, for example).
>
> Some time ago I came across an article describing why you should use
> "ps ax" instead of "ps -ax".  In spite of that you still see examples 
> recommending "ps -ax" all over the internet.
>

That's because it's a form of carbon dating. :-)

At one time in Linux, "ps -ax" was the norm and then "ps ax" came along.
Since I started out with "ps -ax", that's what I tend to still type these
days even though I get a warning when I do.

And yes, I always use "-" in tar commands as well. :-)

Simon.

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