[unios] Re: naming (was something too long to write)

Pieter Dumon Pieter.Dumon@rug.ac.be
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:46:40 +0100 (MET)


From: Pieter Dumon <Pieter.Dumon@rug.ac.be>

> 
> From: Pat Wendorf <beholder@ican.net>
> 
> > > Yep, but fun to watch :)
> >
> > :-) Don't you have to _work_ at work ?
> 
> I do industrial automation.  I go to factories and program 30 year old piece of sh*t logic
> controllers do whatever the bonehead who happens to think it's broken wants.  I work in Dos
> most of the time (software doesn't even work properly in Win95)... 

Gggghghghhhghgh.... I get the creeps...

> Only one type of
> controller even has a linux port, and that's IDEC, which sucks... if you know anything about
> PLC programming, or ladder programming: IDEC does not allow branched output... ugggh... lots
> and lots of repetitive typing.
> 
> I only play with Linux as a hobby, and to further my own knowledge, and in the chance that I
> get a job as a sysadmin (previous job).  My strong points are in networking and sys
> administraion, and now industrial programming (which is different then programming for a
> desktop system or a server as it is totally situational and very timing intensive).

I guess so indeed. I think that's why you might want a Universal OS. :-)

Pieter

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