Linux and the Unix Philosophy

The World Wide Web may redeem itself by finally stemming the torrent

of paper spewing from printers everywhere. Remember when everyone said

that the introduction of computers into the working world would lead to the

paperless office? Well, much to everyone’s surprise, it was discovered that

computers help generate more paper use, not less. But spreading around

reams of paper to one’s coworkers in the office is not nearly as much fun as

flying it on a worldwide flagpole to see which individuals across the globe

will salute it. And so the World Wide Web, in eminently practical fashion,

may actually fulfill one of the Unix philosophy’s lesser tenets