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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -23/+14412) Pornsnatcher
11) Porngrabber
10) Pornloader
9) PornGet
8) KPornGet
7) GPornGet
6) XPornGet
5) EasyPorn
4) Porn4Linux
3) Porn4Win
2) Porn4OSX
etc... - acariquara, on 10/12/2007, -7/+106actually it's
10 PRINT "Hello World"
20 GOTO 10
BASIC interpreters do not qualify single quote as string delimitators. This is not javascript, yo. - bitt3n, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9510 PRINT "Goodbye Cruel World!"
20 FORMAT C
omghax - OneManArmy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+95From TFA:
12. The Morris worm
11. Google search rank
10. Apollo guidance system
9. Excel spreadsheet
8. Macintosh OS
7. Sabre system
6. Mosaic browser
5. Java language
4. IBM System 360 OS
3. Gene-sequencing software at the Institute for Genomic Research.
2. IBM's System R.
1. UNIX. - Fenster, on 10/12/2007, -10/+9110 print 'Hello World'
20 goto 10 - theone3, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7410 PRINT "Hello, World!"
20 GOTO 10
Enthusiasm Patch. - theone3, on 10/12/2007, -12/+71The Matrix.
- umbriago, on 10/12/2007, -3/+58Clearly, it's Oregon Trail.
- diggitystar, on 10/12/2007, -28/+82WHAT!? No Windows? And textpad isn't on there either! This list is broken...
- AlexApetrei, on 10/12/2007, -9/+60quite, also VLC.
- jessejoedotcom, on 10/12/2007, -4/+45VLC definitely deserves some credit. How much reverse engineering does one have to do to get some respect?
- itguru624, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39I would reply but i was killed with dysentery.
- imightbewrong, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39the most tested software every written
- dshPls, on 10/12/2007, -10/+40Solitaire is an easy #1...
- databasecowboy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+35@texpudit
Hey, I like notepad too. Best windows app. But vi is a part of UNIX and it is way more versatile than Notepad. - tzmguitarist, on 10/12/2007, -9/+34What's a delimitator? Is it a delimited potato?
- BobOrleans, on 10/12/2007, -16/+41They forgot Windows ME
- TheSenori, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31You think Windows would look anything like it does if Bell Labs hadn't released Unix?
Those who forget Unix are doomed to recreate it, badly. Windows NT is a living example of this. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25I'd have to add IBM's VM (Virtual Machine; VM/360 through z/VM) to the list. Over 40 years ago, IBM developed the concepts and technology that we are just starting to widely use on our desktops and servers today (in the form of VMWare, Xen, Parallels, etc.).
The idea that you could create a virtual machine, and run other operating systems in that (including VM itself!) is somewhat profound. I've personally setup and used three levels of virtual machine to test software for hardware that didn't even exist yet.
Someone mentioned the Matrix; VM is the Matrix! - LaughingMan11, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Notepad doesn't understand line breaks from text files from platforms other than Windows... and it definitely chokes on large files.
It's a simple app... powerful in its own way, but limited also. - jayleb, on 10/12/2007, -21/+42Winamp, anyone?
- Locuester, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22It hasn't locked up on you? Turn on wordwrap, open 3GB binary file.
- Feanor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25Just because it's widespread doesn't qualify it as the greatest software ever written. I think that Windows Update will vouch for me here.
- musters, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20freeboarder1402, I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic...
- ChippyLasticko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19... because its not about QUANTITY.. It's about quality - and Unix is much cooler and powerful than Windows will ever be.
- TheInfidel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19E.T. The Extraterrestrial for the Atari 2600. That is the finest piece of software ever written.
- trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -9/+26We alle know the greatest software ever written is REALPLAYER!!
- bebop717, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Yes and McDonald's is everywhere because it's such great food.
What's popular is rarely good. - theone3, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22"Windows is an imitation of Macintosh OS."
Mac OS is to Xerox PARC as Windows is to Mac OS. - SimonGray, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13@BlackCow
Pretty much any large corp. with an internal network who wasn't using UNIX. - risingson, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18hamachi gets my vote.
- ajifans, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19Maybe be windows isn't on there as all versions are at best average and only on 90% of the worlds desktops through questionable means.
Unix and derivatives of it are secure, stable and on everything from mobile phones to fighter jets, and desktops to super computers. - venir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12This is the second time you have posted this. If you had read the article you would have seen why he chose Excel over Visicalc. Get over it.
- Duggy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11TETRIS
- Duggy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16my mum died of cancer. It wasn't very nice.
- kingace, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Calling them queers isn't helping...
Neither is the sentence "Microsoft is a great program, with its easy to you GUI." - puck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I actually read the article. The author says UNIX is #1 then goes on to specify that BSD 4.3 (a version of UNIX) as the greatest piece of software ever.
- timmenzies, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Ah, how quickly they forget.
Surely, greatest software ever built was LISP. Sure, its a bit of fossil right now (let the crowd chant "python! python! python!") but it was the playpen within which we first developed and debugged:
- real time time-sharing operating systems
- object-oriented programming
- AI
- garbage collection
- virtual machines
- interpreted environments
- debuggers
- integrated development environments
- smart source code editors
- etc etc etc etc - TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -15/+25and MS BOB
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13What makes you think that because its on most computers, its great software?
People are more or less forced to use windows, so that, any anything microsoft related, for that matter, don't really count. - CurtHowland, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11It's not a popularity list, that's why Windows isn't listed at all.
It's a "greatness" index. Quality, impact, innovation.
That's why Linux isn't listed either. UNIX is the architype. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14space invaders...
without it, I am not sure we would have such an interested by teens in that day, to go into computer programming... - paperlace, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@ badbox
You deserve to SHUT THE HELL UP. - Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9The archetype for all that was the Mac OS. That is why windows is not on the list, and is why BSD is and Linux is not.
- NerdyNinja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Ugh... notepad. It freaks out on anything bigger than a gig, much less 3 gigs, in my experience. vi's the way to go, or if you really need a PC-gui, use Programmer's Notepad. In any event, BBEdit for Mac will always be better than any "notepad" variant. And I'll confirm the line-break problems that laughingman brought up, as well. That caused a lot of issues for me.
- pollardito, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12""?" works as "PRINT" in GWBASIC and BASICA"
that's great, now you've ruined the cross-platform compatibility of Hello World - Leadhyena, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The way the article was written, I'm inclined to agree with you. I mean that and the mp3 codec made digital music possible, and has in the process usurped a business model that is still fighting for its archaic place. They list the Morris worm for the same reasons; the fact that a small piece of software could shake up so many people launched it to #12.
- jpwarz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9vi
vi is great
:wq
I hate editing mode
:quit! - spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13If everyone is going to post their favorite software, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think # 1 - Unix, is bang on.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13No Windows ME :(
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