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- From: papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <BxG9C8.K6@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 12:57:43 GMT
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- >
- >Haven't you ever heard of 80 character line lengths? Let alone 72?
- >Or are you using one of your snazzy GUIs that lets you have 132
- >characters per line?
-
-
- Actually, the GUI I was in was an NCD X-Term. I won't make that mistake
- again. My "snazzy" Gui at home does VT-100 emulation MUCH BETTER.
- >
- >>>>3.It should install from floppy as well as CD.
- >>>
- >>> Ah, you _are_ an idiot.
- >>> (Take a look at Linux.)
- >>
- >>NO, YOU are an idiot, if you see linux as the hope for the future.
- >
- >What are you talking about? You said that a "real" operating system
- >should install from floppy. Linux installs from floppy. Conclusion:
- >you lose.
-
- As I recall, I was discussing a BUNCH of things a "real" operating system
- has to have. Linux has a few, SCO has a few, Nexstep has a few. None of
- them qualify as a "real" operating system (from a new users point of view)
- because none of them have ALL of them. Translation: You lose.
-
- >Um, no ... I think most people say, "Cool! What's the number? What
- >baud rate?" What world are *you* living in? One where Prodigy hasn't
- >yet been introduced?
-
- It is you that are living in a dream world! Maybe 1 in 20 computers gets
- sold with a modem standard! The other 19 don't know what one is, or how
- to use it! Does Prodigy even carry Linux?
- >
- >You unzip it with PKUNZIP, Phil Katz's well-known dearchive program.
- >Lots of people use it. It's very popular among PC users. But I
- >understand the biggest complaint they have with it is that it doesn't
- >have toll-free phone support.
-
- And where do I get this? Without a modem? And how much does it cost?
- And who is going to teach me how to use it? How come OS/2 and Windows
- uncompress themselves?
-
- >Um, no ... you just install X from the SLS disks, I believe.
-
- Where does one get these disks? After months on the Internet, I've never
- heard of them (plus reading Unixworld and Unix Review). Where is Joe/Jane
- user suppoed to have heard of them? And where are they supposed to get them?
-
- >Mm. I know, not having a graphic interface for `ls' or `mkfs' is just
- >*such* a hardship. It is to weep.
-
- How about VI? OS/2 comes with a full fledged programmers editor, and
- Windows with a wordprocessor that is easy to use and makes EXCELLENT
- graphical/font/picture output. (I was amazed!)
-
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