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Comment by devnonymous

1 day ago

Before clicking the links.. How confident do you feel about your assertion?

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Unix%20l...

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otabdeveloper4  11 hours ago

Very confident.

The people who do the "*nix" cargo cult thing have never seen a SunOS machine and don't even know what a HPUX is.

  • devnonymous  31 minutes ago

    The linked trends suggest a revival of the term though.

    > The people who do the "*nix" cargo cult thing have never seen a SunOS machine and don't even know what a HPUX is.

    The meaning of words evolve over time though. Text is still broken into lines by "carriage return/line feeds" and is written on "hard disk" split up in "sectors".,. Over time people using these would not have seen a typewriter or even know what a platter is but may still use it to communicate effectively.