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On 6 Mar 90 21:14:58 GMT, bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Bob Luneski) said:

Deven> Okay, you asked for it...

Bob> ... Useless Whineing deleted ...

Bob> Geeze, Deven. You seem on a personal vendetta to destroy SKsh.

Hardly.  I rather LIKE SKsh, and I'm glad Steve wrote it.  I'm just
sorry it uses such a large amount of resources that I find it not to
be worthwhile to use it on a daily basis.  I wish I could; it is a
hell of a lot more powerful than AShell, the CLI or dillon's shell.
But I don't need that extra power for normal use, nice though it is to
have available.

If I could afford the size, and if I had a hard drive available on the
Amiga I use, (not even my own) then I would overlook the lack of speed
and use it for the power and flexibility.  On the system I use (a 1
Meg A500 w/2 drives), I can't spare the resources.

Bob> Not very responsible net behavior. Give the guy a break, it may
Bob> have certain limitations, but on the whole it does what it says
Bob> it will do quite well.

I don't deny that.  It does a good job, but it doesn't give me what
I'm looking for in a "standard" shell.

Bob> A very important point is that the author is ACTIVELY supporting
Bob> the product with upgrades. It takes an incredible amount of time
Bob> and personal dedication to produce a commercial program(I know, I
Bob> have several commercial programs on other computers), you should
Bob> think twice before you try to maliciously destroy another man's
Bob> livelyhood with no justification.

Maliciously?  I have offered Steve several times to provide
suggestions, bug reports, etc.  I'd be happy to work on the code
itself, if he'd release it.  I'm glad he's supporting it as well as he
is.  But in it's current state, SKsh isn't useful for ME.  [and SKsh
isn't exactly "commercial".  By and large, "commercial" software is
rarely professional.]

Deven> Too bad I haven't had time to write a shell myself.

Bob> Or the intellegence.... It's said that those that can, do. And
Bob> those that can't claim they can.

Now who's being malicious?  You have no idea what I may be capable of,
and ad hominem attacks don't mark you as a particularly clever fellow
yourself.  I was not making a personal attack on Steve Koren.  I was
justifying my position, which was that I don't use SKsh because I find
the resources required for operation to be prohibitive.

Deven
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