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From: ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm will become a HP-UX standard
Summary: Glad to see the resolutions, now talk about goals
Keywords: elm, simplification
Message-ID: <6727@chinet.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 88 20:54:28 GMT
References: <1000004@hpycla.HP.COM> <9861@tness7.UUCP> <556@hptsug2.HP.COM>
Reply-To: ignatz@homebru.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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When I initially read Toshiyuki Kawaji's posting, I admit my first response
was that it sounded like HP wanted to "take over" design control, albeit with
a liberal feedback of the source to the net.  However, fortunately it seems
that it was probably simply a case of some of the nuances being lost in
language translation.

One point I'd like to raise, however, was the statement in the original article
to the effect that the interface is being simplified for the novice, or non-
professional user.  I'd like to encourage both development groups to keep this
in mind, but also remember that a lot of sophisticated computer users are also
using elm; don't simplify us out of existence, please...