Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:53:41 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS to replace FreeBSD Message-ID: <20210320005341.19ae7728abc9ebf1eb48b895@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXnbovsb7g9OghJ5g70zcDROuFV1YWmgMtG3ipDuU19Ngg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210319101040.00005c35@seibercom.net> <CA%2BD9QhsjLtVui6exPDyG2CO5H8X-=YckFjCehHusG7eH_kk2sg@mail.gmail.com> <6054BE1B.50706@gmail.com> <20210319130249.000042a1@seibercom.net> <5a8cf0be-646a-a433-2428-9700a47c1bf0@att.net> <20210319140448.00007521@seibercom.net> <c9ca4862-199a-5c6b-1282-18cc32d3486f@johnea.net> <20210319213214.4f8ddf55@archlinux> <CAGBxaXnwqXMBjp0i6Qd6SzbjCq13wFPOo1mjMUucNKw%2BPC1KFw@mail.gmail.com> <259fba3aa7665be79a056fb9f5bc1825@riseup.net> <CAGBxaXnbovsb7g9OghJ5g70zcDROuFV1YWmgMtG3ipDuU19Ngg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:41:09 -0400 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > Unix was not designed for end users, it was designed by technical people > for other technical people doing technical work (development and other > infrastructure related tasks). The first major role for Unix was a document preparation system at AT&T which is the reason for troff, eqn et al which are what remains of "Documenter's Workbench". So you are incorrect, unix was originally designed for end users - it's just that end users have become less sophisticated over the decades. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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