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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: UNIX is yuck (was Re: Next intro...)
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Date: 8 Oct 90 19:16:09 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au

 
That's one of the problems with Mac-folk trying to make the transition to
UNIX.  They don't know from command-lines (unless they have experience on a
clone, Amiga, or previous experience on a Unix box).  The Mac's interface is
so easy to use and transparent to the user, that anything else is almost a
nightmare.  Here's one of the Mac's biggest advantages, and biggest weaknesses
: an easy to use, but closed off OS.  "Users" feel right at home, but are
unprepared for work on any other system.
 
However, if you keep up with what's happening in the Unix world, you'll see
that with the benefits of Open Look, Motif, and NeXT Step, UNIX is nearing the
Mac's intuitiveness...and may reach that before the MacOS gets preemptive
multitasking or VM (VM may be coming in Sys7, but not m-tasking).
 
Sean

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