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- From: papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <By143E.Bs0@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:14:00 GMT
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- >As long as your are installing a unix with multi-user capacities you have
- >to know at least a little bit more than when installing single user
- >operating systems.
-
- Can't unix be a multiuser operating system that defaults to single user
- mode unless you specify otherwise?
-
- >Yes but what is complex? Something complex for you might not be for me or
- >the other way around. I suppose what we really need to address if we want
- >unix on the low-end workstation market to be competitive is to design a
- >unix-lite that will be easy to install, easy to administrate and easy to
- >use for people who don't have any specific knowledge.
- >This may imply to remove some functionalities (such as multi-user) or hide
- >some of them (such as network management) and probably bundle user-friendly
- >and consistent software.
-
- Now you are talking. You wouldn't even have to remove ANY functionality.
- Single user is just multi user with one user. Just hide the complexities
- and bundle user-friendly, consistent software. YOU know what you are talking
- about.
-
- >Of course some of you might say that a single unix already exists and it is
- >called os/2...
-
- Unfortunately, it's from IBM and only runs on Intel chips...otherwise I'd
- agree that the dual layeredness power/ease of use of OS/2 is something
- Unix should be working towards.
-
- >PS : I installed windows 3.1 recently and I LIKED the installation
- >procedure, specially those messages saying "This is a good time for filling
- >you registration..." It makes you feel you're not loosing your time waiting
- >for one floppy to finish and to feed it the next one.
-
- You liked that? You evil, evil person. You liked the idea that the programmer
- had the user in mind? That it was easy and user friendly?
-