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Article #17850Re: Finder improvements
From: charles s. geiger, esq.
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1987 00:16
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1987 00:16
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In article <4529@nsc.nsc.com>, grenley@nsc.nsc.com (George Grenley) writes:
> I've had some, not a lot. The key words here, folks, are "foisted" and
> "non-programming". Unix was developed by serious professional programmers
> FOR serious professional programmers. I have watched a many non-computer
> people get their first exposure to computers by trying to learn unix shell
> and vi simultaneously, and winding up hating computers. Unix is NOT a good
> environment for general office automation type stuff, even though it can an
> is being bent that way.
Well, my first exposure to computers _was_ trying to learn the unix
shell and vi simultaneously. I thoroughly enjoyed it. An incredible
learning curve, but once you get over the hump, it's really an wonderfully
powerful system.
cheers, from
charles s. geiger
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!cgeiger From: cgeiger@ut-ngp.UUCP (charles s. geiger, esq.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder improvements Message-ID: <5804@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 20:16:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.5804 Posted: Tue Aug 4 20:16:37 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Aug-87 06:52:33 EDT References: <19906@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <4524@nsc.nsc.com> <6798@dartvax.UUCP> <4529@nsc.nsc.com> Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 20