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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:29:31 GMT
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- papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod) writes:
-
- >>A system that does everything for everyone is suffering from what is called
- >>creaping featurism. Most systems which suffer from that (many popular DOS apps
- >>like e.g. WP, PC-TOOLS, etc.) are big, slow and hard to use. Another problem
- >>is that different users have different needs. So called end-users run
- >>applications and (often) don't need a powerful shell with pipelines, I/O
- >>redirection, and cryptic commands.
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- >Word for windows can do anything that WordPerfect, VI or Emacs can do,
- >and yet the interface is crystal clear and easy.
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- Can Word for Windows read/edit binary file, read/send mails, ftp, etc. just
- like emacs ?
-
- -- budi
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
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