Re: [tlug] The Great Mistake is thinking OOo is different [was: Why Vista Sucks]

["SL Baur" <steve@example.com>]

On 4/22/08, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:

> That is a great one! I have actually not seen that episode, so now it
>  is my turn to hang my
>  not-quite-Trekk(ie|er)-but-still-quite-a-huge-fan head in shame. Know
>  you the name of the episode, perchance?

Now you're *really* going to hang your head in shame.  The
Episode is "The City on the Edge of Forever" and guess
what?

http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/stoneknivesandbearskins.html

> stone knives and bearskins /n./ [from the Star Trek Classic
> episode "The City on the Edge of Forever"] A term traditionally
> used to describe (and deprecate) computing environments
> that are grotesquely primitive in light of what is known about
> good ways to design things. As in "Don't get too used to the
>  facilities here. Once you leave SAIL it's stone knives and
> bearskins as far as the eye can see". Compare steam-
> powered.

-sb