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Article #39967Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
From: Larry Snyder
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 11:41
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 11:41
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In article <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>, jmann@bigbootay (Jim Mann) writes: > One big reason for DOS over Unix is that DOS is friendly to the > non-computer whiz. (And that's saying a lot, since DOS has its > problems.) For example, to display a file under DOS, I use > 'type' or the near-universal bit of freeware 'd'. That's lots > easier to remember than 'cat.' cat is less to type than type :) One could always install a menuing front end on the Unix machine so all the users sees is a series of nested menus with every available option. -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN uucp: root@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!root
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix Summary: DOS verses Unix Keywords: Invitation for opinions/flames... Message-ID: <511094@nstar.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 89 11:41:28 GMT References: <260@ndla.UUCP> <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Organization: Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN, USA Lines: 17