Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!motcsd!xdos!doug
From: doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Some questions ...
Message-ID: <419@xdos.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jul 89 03:52:53 GMT
References: <19043@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt)
Organization: Hunter Systems, Mountain View CA (Silicon Valley)
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In article <19043@louie.udel.EDU> OHA101%URIACC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (F. Michael Theilig) writes:
>
>     Speaking of Unix, I don't know if anyone realizes how alianated
> us non-Unix users feel.  Trillions of Unix references that make
> absolutely no sence to me.  "I just ported the GSLOP utility from
> Unix!  It supports the WOGMOFF, GLIZ, *AND* SCROB options!"  I feel
> like I am missing something.

On a personal level, I feel for you, so don't take this wrong, but:

Sure, you *are* missing something. The most widely agreed handy thing
about UNIX is all those GSLOP utilities, although there are other things.

But take heart, GSLOP and its buddies have been reimplemented on most
machines known to man, so just list all those utilities you never heard
of, and get them for your machine at work.

Better yet, get them for your Amiga, which has (once you've gotten
these utilities) many of the advantages of Unix.

Also, UNIX itself is available for many (high end) home computers, soon to
include the Amiga 2500.
	Doug
P.S. Besides utilities, the next two most-often-mentioned-as-useful
Unix features are pipes and ksh/csh/sh/etc ("shells": user selectable command
line interpreters), and both are available in some mutated form for the Amiga.

P.P.S. The GLIZ and SCROB options are mutually exclusive. :-)
-- 
Doug Merritt		{pyramid,apple}!xdos!doug
Member, Crusaders for a Better Tomorrow		Professional Wildeyed Visionary