Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 08:27:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Caldera & why we should get Linux compat working 100% Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9509130830.E18387-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> In-Reply-To: <199509130522.FAA01496@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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[thread xfer'ed to chat] > >>When Linux has a word processor, spreadsheet, and database that is as > >>user friendly as the offerings from MSoft and the like, it will have a > >>chance of becoming popular. Until then, it's a sideshow. popular ?? i dont know if we want to be 'popular'. a good unix system is like a chainsaw. you can do a lot with it very easily, including removing your own leg. imagine a user-friendly chain saw: hide the chain behind a retractable guard, quiet the engine, paint in a nice bright color, and watch some poor unsupecting fella hurt himself. ;(( i can not concieve of a 'user-friendly' system that preserves the power of unix with out either 'do you really want to ...' messsages or many users hurting themselves. this is not to say that a sysadmin tool is not welcome; it is. is user-friendly unix just as oxymoronic as a 'you dont have to pay attention' chain saw ?? Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346
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