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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <9211030038.47@rmkhome.UUCP> <1992Nov6.113324.6348@global.hacktic.nl> <sherman.721291094@foster> <BxGt6s.8Is@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:15:21 GMT
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- papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
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- >In article <sherman.721291094@foster> sherman@unx.sas.com (Chris Sherman) writes:
- >>In <1992Nov6.113324.6348@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>>Wow! ODT uses Motif, NeXT uses NeXTStep, A/UX uses finder and SVR4.2 uses
- >>>OPEN LOOK, I guess. That makes four different UNIXes with four different
- >>>user interfaces. With NT or OS/2 you only need to learn only *1* user
- >>>interface.
- >>
- >>Suppose you don't like it...
-
- >You get another one...like Norton Desktop, NewWave, PM (for OS/2). Or you
- >could write your own...just like in Unix.
-
- But then the user has to learn another user interface, which you don't
- want to.
-
- -- budi
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
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