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To me this book seemed more than just a history of operating systems. It seemed like a book on epistemology, with operating systems used as metaphors for how humans interface with underlying reality. Did anyone else get that impression? Tim Shell 21:42, 7 Aug 2004

Yes. This book is a lot of things. The article, on the other hand, makes it appear as as yet another Microsoft-versus-free-software essay. Which is misleading, IMHO. Jgrahn 22:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is there another copy of the annotated and updated version of this book out there? all the links I find point to an old copy which is no longer online--Gsham 03:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Factual errors?

In the factual errors section, this looks rather like original research, or a book review. Does the c/cpp mistake really make a difference to the historical significance of this essay? Ojw 21:01, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It's not even really an error unless you interpret it that way. — Omegatron 21:40, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The remaining Factual Errors entry (Apple development environment) is pretty pointless, too ... it's not as if it invalidates any major part of the essay, is it? Compare with the information that the author now prefers OS/X - that is relevant. Jgrahn 22:22, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Factual Errors is incorrect. The MPW didn't create a CLI for the OS, it simply made it available. This entry should be removed. --Archetypical 07:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Punctuation of the title...?

Shouldn't there be a space after the ellipsis? Cf. Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Ellipsis. --Malyctenar 10:16, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that, since it's the title of the book, we should go with Stephenson's usage. But I can see how it should conform to the MoS as well. I'm undecided. Wyatt Riot 12:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Punctuation of the title...? ==
 Shouldn't there be a space after the ellipsis? Cf. [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Ellipsis]]. --[[User:Malyctenar|Malyctenar]] 10:16, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
+:I would say that, since it's the title of the book, we should go with Stephenson's usage.  But I can see how it should conform to the MoS as well.  I'm undecided. [[User:Wyatt Riot|Wyatt Riot]] 12:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)