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- From: papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <By5uxA.Ep5@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 08:43:57 GMT
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- >>....OS/2, Windows, DOS etc. have PROVED that you don't
- >>have to be a system administrator to install an OS.
- >
- >That's not true. They've proved that you don't have to be a system
- >administrator to install OS/2, Windows, or DOS. The fact that some
- >operating systems install easily doesn't mean that they all can or
- >should.
- >
-
- If something can be made simple or powerful, it should be made simple,
- for simple users, and powerful for powerful users. There is no reason
- the same thing can't be done in two (three, four, five) different ways.
- Installation can be simple for those with simple needs, and highly
- configurable for those with complex needs. There is no conflict
- there.
-