From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 13 14:50:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E086A16A4CF for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:50:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE5A43D1D for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:50:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from earl.sasknow.net (earl.sasknow.net [207.195.92.130]) by ren.sasknow.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i3DLo3ag069043; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:50:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from earl.sasknow.net (earl.sasknow.net [207.195.92.130]) by earl.sasknow.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3DLo2OM006495; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:50:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:50:02 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Joshua Lokken In-Reply-To: <20040413153704.GB3304@joloxbox> Message-ID: <20040413153552.G83142@earl.sasknow.net> References: <20040413153704.GB3304@joloxbox> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on earl.sasknow.net X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040401, clamav-milter version 0.70d cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advanced DOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:50:05 -0000 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 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