warspeak

warspeak

Posted May 23, 2003 15:14 UTC (Fri) by evgeny (guest, #774)
In reply to: warspeak by fpahl
Parent article: The Open Group on UNIX trademark

> c) I may be wrong, but I can't remember ever reading an article
> on open software with such a density of military references
> before the invasion of Iraq.

Well, read the man page of kill(1) - you'll be astonished by a density of military terms there ;-)

> d) I didn't take issue only with the metaphorical references,
> which might conceivably be viewed as neutral, but more
> specifically with the fact that the use on a battlefield was
> portrayed as a normal and important, perhaps even a typical
> use of UNIX.

I really don't see how you managed to interpret the example in the original article as a "typical" use. When one wants to make a point, an _important_ example is selected, not necessarily the most probable one. And as to "normal and important" - yes, it's normal and important. Just as army and army service are. Or do you prefer _your_ army using Windows servers instead of Unix?

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