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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.010634.2683@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:06:34 GMT
- References: <sherman.721291094@foster> <BxGu2H.A62@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1992Nov10.055311.14872@wixer.cactus.org> <BxKM0t.1xH@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <17926@autodesk.COM>
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- dansmith@Autodesk.COM (Daniel Smith) writes:
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- >Hey, I hope NT kicks the Unix vendors into a sudden spirit of mass
- >cooperation.
-
- And I hope that the above happens before NT really hits the market!
-
- >were so hard to use. He was implying that there shouldn't be User Groups;
- >saying that "you don't see Washing Machine User Groups".
-
- That's nonsense. But, IMHO, you shouldn't make computers harder to use than
- necessary.
-
- > Anyways, I'll get off my "stop expecting them to be toasters
- >anytime soon" soapbox. I think Unix gets singled out quite a bit
- >on this one. A lot of it comes from its sheer power and flexibilty.
- >It overwhelms the "learn barely enough to get by" mentality.
-
- Good point. No system can satisfy the "learn barely enough to get by"
- mentality. But, it doesn't need to be harder than necessary.
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