From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 13 05:34:04 1995 Return-Path: chat-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id FAA23027 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 13 Sep 1995 05:34:04 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA23020 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 1995 05:34:01 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id IAA19203; Wed, 13 Sep 1995 08:27:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 08:27:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: New Caldera & why we should get Linux compat working 100% To: Stephen Hocking cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199509130522.FAA01496@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: chat-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk [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