Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!purdue!haven!umd5!umd5.umd.edu!anderson From: anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu (Stephen R. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: ymir.claremont.edu sucks! Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 91 15:57:49 GMT References: <29734@usc> Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Organization: Dept. of Cognitive Science, The Johns Hopkins University Lines: 16 I completely agree with previous responses in this thread - we are all much indebted to the administrators of ymir.claremont.edu for the service they provide, and the original poster was way out of line in his remarks. However, it IS a bit baffling to find your way around on a VMS machine when you're used to unix boxes. As of course it's confusing for VMS users to navigate a unix system. But there's a real asymmetry here. If I have a VAX and need to talk to somebody's Sun from time to time, I can go to the bookstore (even if that means "B.Dalton") and buy any number of simple minded introductions to unix; but if I'm the one with the Sun, it seems I'd have to buy a VAX to get the corresponding information about VMS........ Steve Anderson