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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user
Date: 16 Jun 1995 17:20:53 +0200
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Larry Riedel <larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu> wrote:
>I also think it will continue to be easier to do complex things on
>Unix than other platforms - if developers for Unix continue the
>tradition of providing usable functionality, not novice-proof user
>interfaces, which has made Unix the standard OS for complex and
>critical applications and their development.
I think we will do both. All commercial Unices i've seen do have some
sort of a user interface, not necessarily for novice users only.
There's no reason why we should be less user-friendly.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)