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Date:      Thu,  3 Jun 1999 20:05:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Olof Samuelsson <olof@volvo.se>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel config script
Message-ID:  <14166.49691.527363.877895@localhost.it.volvo.se>
In-Reply-To: <119375145@toto.iv>

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>>>>> "Wes" == Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes:

Wes>  If you mean "lack of competition would make UNIX more homogenous and
Wes>  more viable to every Tom, Dick, and Jane that comes down the pike,"
Wes>  I will agree with that.  I just disagree that this is success.  UNIX
Wes>  was never meant to be a word processor loader, and complete overkill
Wes>  for such an application.

Hmm?  I thought the AT&T used some early Unix (version 5-7, maybe??) for 
document writing using ed and roff.  If I'm remember it right, it was
very appreciated.  Never mind, in those days my word processing was
probably limited to "Ga Ga" :-)

Regards, Olof Samuelsson
-- 
I'm making a fool of myself, no one else.


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