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Around 2000 or so, I used to work in tech support for a software company who had like 5000 Windows-based customers and 5 running Solaris. My boss chose me to learn Solaris when the previous "expert" left. I bought this book and started hacking. Good times!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I have the same book!

[–] ArbitraryValue 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Don't they still print these? Or am I old?

(Well, probably not with Solaris on the cover, but still with the horrid little monkey.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I think it's mostly ebooks now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Those dead, cold eyes....

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