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Re: Apple?

#740
From: Terry Lambert
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 18:29
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wozz@wookie.net (I'm Wozz) wrote:
]
] Arun Gupta (gupta@mrspock.mt.att.com) wrote:
] 
] : Seriously, though, the user and system administrator of a Mac is
] : likely to be one and the same person.  Some of the supposed 
] : superiority of UNIX systems can be realized only by having an expert, 
] : who is different from the user, to make sure that the system is set up
] : correctly.
] 
] 
] This is why Unix machines often aren't appropriate solutions in 
] non-multiuser environments.  Its not a PC.

Why do these posts all take the form of:

A:	What if I [screwup requiring root access to make it
	possible and expertise to make it probable]?

B:	You need someone with expertise to fix it.

C:	This is why UNIX machines aren't appropriate solutions
	in non-multiuser environments.  [Aphorism confusing the
	OS, UNIX, and the hardware, PC].

???


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@cs.weber.edu
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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Apple?
Date: 8 Aug 1995 18:29:10 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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