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In article <danpop.827809042@rscernix>, danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:

> In <4j6lv1$k3r@news.mpd.tandem.com> Joseph Crowe <jcrowe> writes:

> >danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
> >>Can you use a Unix system without a shell?  Try to remove all the shells
> >>from your Unix system and see what you get :-)

> >   Absolutely.  You could have a user login on a *NIX system and in the
> >/etc/passwd entry for that user, have whatever binary you wish to provide the
> >user interface.  That could include a totally graphical interface if one so
> >desired.

> Your Unix system won't even boot without a shell!  Just remove all the
> shells, as I suggested and see if you can use that box, no matter what
> you put in /etc/passwd as the user login shell.

Like I said, Dan, you Unix users can't even agree on what is and isn't
part of the Unix system.  Whenever someone starts criticizing part of Unix
(shells, X, telnet, etc.), the debate always degenerates into whether or
not that feature is part of Unix.  As if that matters, since the majority
of the Unix users are using those features anyway.  It's a great way you
Unix folk get to avoid criticism of their system.

For the record (and as much as it pains me to say it :-)), I do happen to
agree with you on this one, Dan.  Of course, that statement will probably
undermine your credibility in the Unix world, having someone like me
agreeing with you. :-)
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