Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 00:26:07 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk (Paul Richards) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, nawaz921@cs.uidaho.edu, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-chat@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: editors Message-ID: <199605231456.AAA09222@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605231423.PAA04334@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> from "Paul Richards" at May 23, 96 03:23:25 pm
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Paul Richards stands accused of saying: > > Providing new tools to make life easier doesn't bother me. Redefining > what the normal unix environment is does bother me. The 'normal unix environment' is a pile of fantastically sophisticated and often complex tools lying in a jumbled heap. What you make of it is your own business, and I wouldn't suggest for a second that this flexibility should be sacrificed in amy way shape or form. All I'm proposing is that we give newcomers to the sandpit a small plastic bucket with some brightly-coloured stickers on to help make them feel comfortable, as opposed to a CNC sand-milling machine. > Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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