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Re: TI-H: This is for you robert
In that case, you might want to work on your delivery some more.
-Bart
Pola@cns.uni.edu
Windows NT System Administrator
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Grant Stockly wrote:
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> Boy, you sure don't take a joke...
>
> >No, DOS is for people who only want to use applications and are not
> >concerned with development. DOS is much simplar to use than UNIX and
> >therfore is a better OS for the _masses_. However, looking at the matter
> >only on technology, yes, UNIX is superior. Once you get into the
> >graphical interfaces, then the point is even clearer...Microsoft's GUI is
> >_much_ simplar to use than UNIX's. I have not yet seen a GUI for UNIX
> >systems that I would think the common computer user would be comfortable
> >with. CDE, OWM, FVWM95, etc are all nice interfaces if all the software
> >you'll ever need is already there (meaning there's a sysadmin to set
> >everything up for you), but without that, the average computer user would
> >be lost.
> >
> > -Bart
> > Pola@cns.uni.edu
> > Windows NT System Administrator
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Grant Stockly wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Well, DOS is for someone who wants to waste time all day long trying to get
> >> something done, unix is for someone who wants to get something done in half
> >> a minute...
> >>
> >> >Essentially, command line OS's are much faster for certain tasks, such as
> >> >non-graphical programming, and certain type of file management, than GUI's
> >> >can.. and GUI's are better for certain things (DTP, WYSIWYG documents,
> >> >anything graphical). Plus it is much easier to remotely command a command
> >> >line OS. Unix and DOS are great tools for someone who knows what they are
> >> >doing.
> >> >
> >> >>>>Win98 = Win97/95 with built in IE
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>Win98 = Last version of windows ever going to be made.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Who do you get your info from? Win98=FAT32, software BONDING of modems,
> >> >>>OnNow (basically, no boot up process), OffNow (no shutdown time), better
> >> >DOS
> >> >>>support, much better and much cooler stuff. Bill Gates will keep making
> >> >>>newer versions of windows as much as he can keep making profits :~)
> >> >>
> >> >>Yeah! DOS support! Undoubtedly the most archaic and clumsy OS in current
> >> >>existence. Sorry but using a 1970¥s OS with 1998¥s hardware does not make
> >> >>sense to me... Perhaps those enlightened PC users out there can enlighten
> >> >>me.
> >> >>
> >> >>Probe Doggie
> >> >>
> >> >>P.S. May I venture Win98 = win 3.1.2 with some nifty graphics and a couple
> >> >>of VXDs.
> >> >>
> >> >>Probe Doggie
> >> >>___________________________________________________________________________
> >> >_____
> >> >>Oso feel gleat stomping feet of exalted gozillawan. Him clush metlopolitan
> >> >>area like so many lightly flied hellings....
> >> >>
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