Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:50:02 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Joshua Lokken <joshua@twobirds.us> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advanced DOS Message-ID: <20040413153552.G83142@earl.sasknow.net> In-Reply-To: <20040413153704.GB3304@joloxbox> References: <20040413153704.GB3304@joloxbox>
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Joshua Lokken wrote to freebsd-chat@freebsd.org: > I just had a co-worker tell me that his opinion of *NIX is that it's > "just advanced DOS." I had to roll on the floor for a few minutes, > laughing... ;) Heh. Yeah, unfortunately, neither your co-worker's attitude, nor your rolling on the floor, are uncommon, here. After all, a grey C:\> on a black background doesn't look that much different from a grey bash$ on a black background. :-) Actually, you should be impressed that your co-worker made such a connection; at least he has some (however small) level of experience with command line environments. Worse yet is when people see a prompt and go "What the hell is *that*?" One employee of mine (who has an accounting/managerial background) was a little flustered, at first, by some of our FreeBSD systems. For instance, to look up a domain name, I instructed him in the use of the "whois" command. After several failed attempts, the call came: "This DOS sh*t f***s me up, but know I need to learn it" was his candid, yet appropriately subordinate response. He has learned much since those wobbly first steps. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America
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