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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!cserver!edsi!trimper
  2. From: trimper@edsi.plexus.COM (Greg Trimper)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
  4. Subject: Re: CLIs that teach; GUIs that don't
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.163919.18461@edsi.plexus.COM>
  6. Date: 29 Jul 92 16:39:19 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Jul29.163919.18461
  8. References: <1992Jul20.120019.73@physc1.byu.edu> <70403@apple.Apple.COM> <1992Jul24.182633.12662@msc.cornell.edu> <70514@apple.Apple.COM>
  9. Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
  10. Lines: 13
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  12. bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
  13.  
  14. >really cryptic ones, and everbody hates VMS-style error messages,
  15. >except for the fact that they tend to actually explain the problem,
  16.  
  17. %%DONT-HATE-VMS-ERROR-MESSAGES-I "I Don't hate VMS Error Messages"
  18.  
  19.  
  20. Sure, they're long, but they're strong, and they're bound to get the
  21. message on.
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  23.  
  24. Greg Trimper   trimper@edsi.plexus.com  
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