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Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting]
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Date: 5 Feb 91 00:12:57 GMT
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In article <15073@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>
>It's not all "dirty laundry".  In many cases the questions should have
>been answered with "Why do you think you need to do this?", because
>they reflect fundamental misunderstandings about the way that things
>work.  

True in several cases.  But, unfortunately for us all, far too many of the 
answers didn't fall into this category; many of the answers simply amounted
to, "you can't".  A FAQ list is a great place to find usability problems 
in software; hopefully the day will come with the FAQ list has answers, not
rationalizations, for all the legitimate questions.


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
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