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In article <40ne7k$861@tbd120.tbd.ford.com>,
Chris"Big-Kahuna"Rampson <rampson@ave050.ve.ford.com> wrote:

>UNIX is a 2-edged sword - it is a
>wonderfull multi-tasking OS, that you can configure endlessly. It is also
>VERY complex, which is why it has never "caught-on" with the masses. An
>educated, intelligent, persistant person can use it quite well, but how
>about Mr. high-school diploma (GPA 2.1) and working on the "line" all day.
>Can he grasp the UNIX ideal? Yeah I know you can make a GUI slick install
>program that does it "all" for him, but what happens when errors start
>popping up?

Probably the same thing that would happen if he's running dos and
starts seeing things like:

error in config.sys line 20
drive d: not found
not enough conventional memory
abort, rety, fail?

or maybe he's running windows- What does he do when he sees the 
GPFs, "Blue Screens", and giant modal dialog boxes that say:

        +------------------------+
        |                        |
        |     You Are Screwed    |
        |                        |
        |      exit program      |
        |                        |
        |       +-------+        |
        |       |       |        |
        |       |  OK   |        |
        |       |       |        |
        |       +-------+        |
        |                        |
        +------------------------+


Oh, yeah, Mr Joe Six-Pack will love that, won't he?


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