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...Microsystems Chief Scientist Bill Joy, who designed Berkeley UNIX and the Java programming language, now says he is taking on a much more difficult project--saving humans from extinction...
...domination of "middleware" like Java and Netscape. Middleware allows software developers to write programs that function equally across different operating systems, making an operating system itself less relevant. After the breakup, the applications portion of Microsoft would have incentives for compatibility with as many platforms as possible. Linux (a Unix-like operating system) would become a much more viable operating system if a Linux version of Microsoft Office was developed; a dependable supply of quality applications would be a boon to both Linux and Apple's MacOS. Only with equivalent applications on a variety of platforms can there be true...
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Students and faculty were unable to access the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) UNIX systems for more than an hour yesterday afternoon, and the system experienced temporary slowdowns and service interruptions throughout...
While Franklin M. Steen, FAS director of computer services, wrote in an e-mail message that all services had been restored by 5:05 p.m., some services, such as the UNIX "ph" command--which provides users with phonebook information--were still unavailable late last night...