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From: Tim Tassonis <timtas@webshuttle.ch>
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 22:15:39 +0200
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Tim Smith wrote:
> 
> In article <3345FD90.4A3@kashmir.net>, Zep  <zep@kashmir.net> wrote:
> >Yes, but you're making it sound like that's a good thing!  Maybe people
> >that take things like that for granted shouldn't have one in the first
> >place.  I agree with you that MS did a great job at gearing themselves
> >toward the average user, but I don't think that people _should_ take
> >their OS for granted.  In my opinion, it's a good thing that setting
> >up misc. stuff in UNIX can be somewhat complicated.  If you don't
> >already, maybe it will make you stop and think about how your 'puter
> >works.  And that can be a really enlightening experience.  Think
> >about it.
> 
> Do you apply this same standard to all tools?  For instance, should people
> need to understand something about how petroleum is refined before they
> put gas in their cars?  Should one need to know thermodynamics in order
> to make one's refrigerator get colder?  Should one be conversant in rim
> flushes and siphon jets before one flushes one's toilet?
> 
No, but it's not a bad thing when people driving a car know where the
brakes are and what they do. It's also good to know you shouldn't put a
screwdriver in your electric plug. Or that you shouldn't dry your poodle
in your microwave, but that's another story.

Bye Tim