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- From: papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <BxG8wo.8D@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 12:48:23 GMT
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- >[I didn't bother to crrect the format of this next part]
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- Beleive it or not, every other message I enter, I enter from home through
- a 2400 baud modem. The one that got screwed up was on a local Xterm.
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- I honestly avoid using the Xterms if I can use a character interface. I
- don't know if it's our implementation or X in general, but it's HORRIBLE.
-
- > The first good point you've made yet. It _would_ be nice to have all
- >that in one OS. Since I doubt Next or Solaris are going to be free anytime
- >soon, let's try to make a better GUI shell for Linux...
- >
- > I never ever said Unix was perfect. I never even said it was good or
- >bad. I just chimed in to correct you on a bunch of incorrect points. You're
- >lumping me with everyone you're arguing with because I disagreed with a few
- >things you said (and admittedly, flamed you for it).
- >
- Well, it seems every time a mention a Unix flaw, someone chimes in with
- a unix that is different. Hell, I could do that for DOS, if I wanted, and
- "prove" that DOS can do anything that Unix can. The point is, are MOSt
- users going to want to have to get half an OS. Either it's good, or it's
- cheap, or it's easy to get your hands on, or it's graphical, but never all
- of these at once!
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