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From: dalem@hpfcph.HP.COM ( Dale McCluskey)
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Subject: Re: why learn UNIX
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Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 18:16:45 EST
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[discussion of UNIX vs. VMS manuals, and why one should learn UNIX]

Two comments.  First, while UNIX manuals aren't designed with beginners in
mind, they DO tell you a great deal that you will have trouble finding in
VMS manuals - file formats, for instance.  Second, UNIX is a fairly open 
system that encourages experimenting.  This is aided by the information   
available in the manuals.

It is also very  flexible.  An example of this is that one could write a
shell that would run on UNIX and look like DCL (VMS's shell),  but you
would have a pretty tough time doing the reverse.

					Dale McCluskey

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