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- From: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
- Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.102902.2637@ericsson.se>
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- Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
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- References: <1992Dec10.232841.7252@solucor.uucp> <id.89SV.GJ8@ferranti.com> <1992Dec18.014048.26507@Celestial.COM> <1h8cscINNnem@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:29:02 GMT
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- In article <1h8cscINNnem@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes) writes:
- |>
- |> In article <something> <somebody> writes:
- |> >In <something else> <somebody else> writes:
- |> >
- |> >:> What is lacking ?
- |> >
- |> >:The ability to stick a floppy in a brand new computer, turn it on, and
- |> >:have it come up running UNIX.
- |>
- |> If UNIX were as simple to install and configure as DOS it would be as
- |> useful as DOS.
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- I agree, that is to say not very useful at all. The configuration in
- MS-DOS is done at run-time, not at installation time.
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- Michael Salmon
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