[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-02-05 15:49, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <keqjdl$i7s$1 at iltempo.update.uu.se>,
> 	Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>> On 2013-02-04 17:15, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> In article <an88g6F66jaU1 at mid.individual.net>,
>>> 	billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>>> In article <kemjhk$v46$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>>> 	Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>>>>> On 2013-02-03 21:04:06 +0000, Bill Gunshannon said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is TO.COM a DCL Script?  Can someone send me a copy?  If not, is there
>>>>>> a help or something for TO.COM that would tell me what it does?  Might
>>>>>> be fun to try and duplicate it. (assuming I don't find that there is
>>>>>> already someting to do this in Unix.)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v80/to/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanaks, I'll see what I can come up with.
>>>
>>> Impressive endeavour.  I doubt I will be writting one for Unix.  Why?
>>> It is much more complex than what I originally thought and would take
>>> a good deal of time to design and code.
>>
>> I have not even looked at it, so take my comments as they stand...
>>
>>>   The fact that it doesn't
>>> already exist in Unix pretty much shows the lack of desire for a
>>> program to specifically do it.
>>
>> Now, wait a minute. That's a very sucky argument.
>> By that logic, no new programs are needed, since they haven't already
>> been done.
>> I don't buy that.
>
> OK, probably badly worded.  What I meant was once someone saw the
> functionality, given the time it has been around, the fact that
> a program with that functionality has not been written for Unix
> demonstrates a lack of interest.

Maybe. Or NIH. Or plain unawareness. Or how about maybe it has been done 
in various incantations numerous times. We just don't know about it.

> Much like a VMS-like HELP system.  People here are constanly knocking
> the unix manpages system while holding up the HELP system as the
> epitome of online documentation but still,no one has bothered to
> write one for Unix. To me that just shows that people on Unix don't
> hold it at the same level of esteem and writing one would be a
> waste of time.

Can you spell to info?
That exists because more people dislike man...

There are other examples as well.

	Johnny