Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrc!agnew From: agnew@trwrc.UUCP (R.A. Agnew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: A different View of the value of OS/2 - it's better than UNIX Message-ID: <224@trwrc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Sep-87 13:34:19 EDT Article-I.D.: trwrc.224 Posted: Tue Sep 15 13:34:19 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Sep-87 00:45:19 EDT References: <494@parcvax.Xerox.COM> Reply-To: agnew@trwrc.UUCP (R.A. Agnew) Organization: TRW/MEAD San Diego, Ca. Lines: 13 Keywords: market acceptance of UNIX lacking >benefits. (The marketplace isn't a few engineers here and there, but the >millions and millions of white collar workers who drive cars with automatic >transmissions and never built a Heathkit in their lives and use cameras with >auto-exposure and automatic flash.) > I couldn't agree more! Would all of you millions of white collar workers go off and play with your 123 and OS-2 and leave Unix where it belongs. After all, it was written by engineers, for engineers. (Note the bessel and error functions in the C run time library and the plot and graph routines ). Meanwhile, I'll design your next user friendly PC for you. I'll make sure not to make it too hard to use. Standard disclaimer applies.