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- From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD (long)
- Message-ID: <BxsD6q.1vH@research.canon.oz.au>
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
- References: <1992Nov3.003038.12400@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <RICH.92Nov4093932@rich.kastle.com> <1ddle0INNfn5@uranium.sto.pdb.sni.de>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:52:01 GMT
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- Josef Moellers <mollers.pad@sni.de> writes:
- >My 2ct:
- >UNIX doesn't have these "user friendlyness" of DOS, because it isn't DOS
- >that's user friendly, it's the applications that were written for it.
- >One OS is no more "user friendly" than the other.
- >
-
- I'm really sick of this and I'm sorry for using you as an example
- Joesf but you were in the wrong place at the wrong time...
-
- Define what "user friendly" means? The word "user" in the phrase means
- that the "friendliness" of this piece of computer software depends
- upon the user. I find UNIX user-friendly, the user being me.
-
- And another thing for the people who rm to hold their hands...Rm, like
- a power drill can be dangerous when used without care. Do people
- really expect machines to think for them? If yes then these people
- have got a big shock coming to them!
- --
- Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
-