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Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 09:30:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 23 09:30:18 1987
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In article <8702211138.AA05883@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> HELLER@cs.umass.edu (Stride 440 User) writes:
>
>	[ ... parts of a debate on the merits of Unix and other stuff...]
>
>I just think we (the computer science community) can really do better than
>UNIX. UNIX is not really user-friendly or easy learn *quickly*. I used a
>SUN3 for about 2 months (not steadily) and had a very hard time using it. It
>was a real pain to use. I found I could not use it for very long before
>getting *extreamly* frustrated and had to take a break. About the way I felt
>using the p-System (the worlds *worst* "O/S"). I'm sorry, but I just plain
>hate UNIX. I guess I am just a perverse hacker. 
>
>		Robert Heller

Whenever I read a note from someone who seems intelligent wherein the
author claims to dislike Unix, I get a strange feeling inside.  It
occurs to me that this feeling is directly related to the feelings of
strongly religious people who become violent when confronted with
someone whose beliefs are different.  In that context, I am always
confused by such reactions; how can a person be so closed-minded about
his religion?  Well, here I find myself thinking "gee, what a fool --
he doesn't like Unix!  How can he compare Unix and VMS like that!..."
etc. etc.  I don't like myself for thinking this way.

Recently I posted a note about OS9 in which I implied that OS9 is not
"real software".  A response called me a Unix bigot.  I suppose that's
true; I really like Unix, and if I don't control myself I could easily
argue for thousands of words on why most problems people describe are
not really problems.  I'm sure someone else would argue in reply just
as vehemently.

>From now on I won't argue about such things.  My rational self feels
that anyone should be allowed to use any software he likes (oh my
init(8)!  I mean "(s)he likes"!).  I will try to suppress the Crusader
instinct that makes me want to "liberate" people from MS-DOS.  If
you're happy, I'm happy.

-- 
Mike McNally, mercifully employed at Digital Lynx ---
    Where Plano Road the Mighty Flood of Forest Lane doth meet,
    And Garland fair, whose perfumed air flows soft about my feet...
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