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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.122504.6905@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 12:25:04 GMT
- References: <1992Oct31.175112.5920@Celestial.COM> <1992Nov1.153139.7307@dmp.csiro.au> <1992Nov2.021043.9885@colorado.edu> <Bx5LwL.IEM@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Organization: Global Village 1
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- papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod) writes:
-
- >B>There is no loss in pride in making it easier for DOS users to migrate to
- > Unix. It is just acknowledging that DOS is more popular, but Unix is
- > better, and DOS users have good reason to choose unix. Don't make it
- > difficult for them to do that!
-
- This is a very good point, IMHO.
-
- I'd like to add that if UNIX is really as good as it is said to be, then it
- can do whatever NT and/or OS/2 v2.0 can do and better. If it can't, well, then
- there's no reason to buy UNIX anymore, is there? NT and OS/2 are aimed at
- users, if UNIX cannot *also* satisfy normal users (which does not mean that it
- automatically denies the hackers/programmers/experts/etc. types), it will be a
- second choice.
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