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- From: papresco@laplace.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD (long)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:44:11 GMT
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- >Define "user friendly". Aren't the people who like vi users too?
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- They are users. And important users. And they shouldn't be neglected. I'm
- sure vi is small enough that it can be included with every version of unix
- until time ends, just like dos' EDLIN. But there should be an alternative,
- and not emacs. An easy to use, friendly alternative. That alternative should
- come on every unix system. It should be powerful and configurable.
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- Let's face it: unix users are users too. But they are a miniscule subset of
- the number of people who COULD be using unix. Not only instead of DOS and
- Windows, but instead of not using computers at all. A powerful, compatible,
- scalable, layered unix could make more people less afraid of computers then
- the plethora of incompatibilities we have now.
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