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From: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Unix and the casual user
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 15:05:29 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 22 15:05:29 1985
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In article <318@epistemi.UUCP> rda@epistemi.UUCP (Robert Dale) writes:
>A friend has likened UNIX to a base
>that can be used to build other operating systems on top of:  by providing
>suitable sets of aliases and links, you can select whatever subset of the
>sophistication provided by UNIX that you require. 
Where precisely can I find out how to do this ????????

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Ian W Moor
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