Your flame about Unix philosophy...right on target.

[ron%brl-vgr at sri-unix.UUCP]

From:      Ron Natalie <ron at brl-vgr>

Good god.  UNIX holds no corner on the market.  There is a difference
between software production and computer science research.  Most of
the favorite hot shot operating systems used by the pioneering computer
researchers fall into the same class (UNIX, MULTICS, ITS, etc.).  The
user community "puts up with this piece of trash" because they like it.
If you want something in a nice package, feel free to look elsewhere.
Those who have spent these past years getting their environment into
something that is comfortable, convenient, and productive for them don't
need people like you telling them that they are wrong.

-Ron