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From: gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg S. Hennessy)
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Subject: Re: Why doesn't someone create and easy to use rn?
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Date: 13 Oct 89 16:10:38 GMT
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In article <2914@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> doug@jhunix.UUCP (Douglas W O'neal) writes:
#Does it seem a little strange to you that a typical (i.e, one of the majority)
#UNIX user is a programmer who does not know what his/her operating system is?

No, it seems to me that that is our goal. I *SHOULD* be able to run
1-2-3 or lotus without knowing or perhaps caring what the underlying
OS is. However, it should be available for those who DO care what the
OS is.


-Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia
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