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- From: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.shell
- Subject: Re: The Problem with UNIX
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- Date: 15 Nov 92 16:43:20 GMT
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- In article <Bxq6uz.BB8@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
- >These problems could be solved as easily under unix as anywhere else,
- >except for the fact that people who have spent years learning unix
- >have forgotten that there is a problem.
-
- "Problem" is a matter of opinion; I consider the items you list "features",
- and find the occasional toasting that they give to a user who didn't RTFM
- a helpful educational tool. I happen to like the expert-friendly
- and relatively unforgiving nature of most Unix implmentations. Those
- who feel otherwise are certainly free to implement whatever warm-fuzzy-
- hand-holding-protect-the-user-from-themselves features they wish.
-
- ---Rsk
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