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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Date: 10 Nov 92 02:35:56 GMT
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- peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
-
- >rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:
-
- >>Why is that more intuitive than 'ls' ? I have to learn CAT ,D2 ...
- >>Why is that important to have DIR. You can setup 'dir' as an alias for 'ls'.
- >>ls -l is not as difficult as DIR /W
-
- >Not *because* it is ls, but because most people know DIR and don't know ls.
-
- I am not so sure about that. If s/he knows about DIR then it's easier
- to teach her/him to remember ls. I taught some people with DOS
- background to use UNIX, in around 3 hours. They can edit a file (with 'pico',
- don't bother teaching vi :-), use elm, print a file, do ftp, hytelnet, gopher,
- (and some even try nn :-) and use X Window (Open Windows).
-
- -- budi
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
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