From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 23 07:43:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA16964 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 07:43:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA16956 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 07:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA09222; Fri, 24 May 1996 00:26:08 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605231456.AAA09222@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: editors To: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk (Paul Richards) Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 00:26:07 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, nawaz921@cs.uidaho.edu, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-chat@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605231423.PAA04334@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> from "Paul Richards" at May 23, 96 03:23:25 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[