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From: cgeiger@ut-ngp.UUCP (charles s. geiger, esq.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Finder improvements
Message-ID: <5804@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 20:16:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  4 20:16:37 1987
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In article <4529@nsc.nsc.com>, grenley@nsc.nsc.com (George Grenley) writes:
> I've had some, not a lot.  The key words here, folks, are "foisted" and
> "non-programming".   Unix was developed by serious professional programmers
> FOR serious professional programmers.  I have watched a many non-computer
> people get their first exposure to computers by trying to learn unix shell
> and vi simultaneously, and winding up hating computers.  Unix is NOT a good
> environment for general office automation type stuff, even though it can an
> is being bent that way.

Well, my first exposure to computers _was_ trying to learn the unix
shell and vi simultaneously.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  An incredible
learning curve, but once you get over the hump, it's really an wonderfully
powerful system.

cheers, from
charles s. geiger
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