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From: srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
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Date: 15 Mar 90 15:27:46 GMT
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In article <29499@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@pepsi.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) writes:
>In article <7989@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> velasco@beowulf.UCSD.EDU (Gabriel Velasco) writes:
>|It's true that one of the things that has made UNIX so popular is the way that
>|it handles multiple users, but this is not the only thing.  History mechanisms,
>
>Be serious. I use both DOS and Unix daily and I have a much better
>history mechanism on DOS than I do on Unix.
	Did you mean you're using an additional utility (4DOS, stack, etc.)?
	If you mean the regular F3 etc., you gotta be kidding!
>
>|job control with backgrounding, programming interface, are just a few more
>
>I have job control and backgrounding too. You don't HAVE to have Unix
>to do this.
	True.  You can kludge this (Windows, DesqView, etc.).
	But FACE IT: MS-DOS just plain ain't got it.
	I don't want to do back-flips to code.  BTW, have you every programmed
	for Windows?  It's a real pain-in-the-ass and the SDK is expensive.
>
>
>--
>Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com		{uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil
>Boycott the census! With the history of abuse census data has,
>do you really trust the government?



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