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  2. From: bill@prijat.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Coherent Re: The bogus Nixpub Posting
  5. Message-ID: <10991@platypus.uofs.uofs.edu>
  6. Date: 4 Sep 92 15:47:44 GMT
  7. References: <BtoyMy.FwI@gator.rn.com> <aPmaqB2w164w@whitebase.ukp.com> <BtsqFJ.LEE@gator.rn.com>
  8. Sender: news@uofs.uofs.edu
  9. Organization: Department of Computing Sciences
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  11. Nntp-Posting-Host: prijat.cs.uofs.edu
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  13. In article <BtsqFJ.LEE@gator.rn.com>, larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
  14. |> 
  15. |> How about UNIX shells for DOS?  These are Unix compatible -- and maybe
  16. |> they should be included as well.
  17. |> 
  18.  
  19. How is a "shell" UNIX compatable?  UNIX is an operating system, the shell is
  20. merely a program that runs on top of it. If anyone out here honestly believes
  21. that sh|csh|ksh|tcsh are what makes UNIX the operating system it is, I think
  22. a refresher CS course is warranted.
  23.  
  24. bill
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  28.      Bill Gunshannon          |        If this statement wasn't here,
  29.      bill@platypus.uofs.edu   |  This space would be left intentionally blank
  30.      bill@tuatara.uofs.edu    |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>   
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