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From: tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Gripes about /bin/sh AND /bin/csh
Message-ID: <107@ora.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Jun-86 07:26:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: ora.107
Posted: Sun Jun  8 07:26:34 1986
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References: <931@uwvax.UUCP> <1913@osu-eddie.UUCP> <143@prairie.UUCP>
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Keywords: RTFM, HYRTML?
Summary: While I agree that the tone of the "Read the Manual" message was not the most helpful, it matched the tone of the original request.

In article <143@prairie.UUCP>, dan@prairie.UUCP (Daniel M. Frank) writes:
> >In case you haven't notice the recurring refrain in all of the above
> >response, it is this:
> >
> >	Read the manual.
> >-- 
> >Karl Kleinpaste
> 
>           I'm not particularly pleased by an arrogant response like this.
> The fact is, that Phil read the manual, and I read the manual, and neither
> of us could find, either in the manual or by experiment, solutions to
> some of the questions for which you only have your smug refrain.
> 
> 	Dan Frank
> 	    ... uwvax!geowhiz!netzer!prairie!dan
> 	    -or- dan@caseus.wisc.edu
I agree that the response wasn't the kindest.  But it did match the 
agressive tone of the original posting, which basically implied that
UNIX is brain-damaged, and "why the hell should I be using this stupid
OS?"

If the original posting had in fact been the kind of simple request
for help that you claim it was, I am sure it would have received a
more acceptable response.