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From: kipnis@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Kipnis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
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Date: 18 Dec 89 21:47:06 GMT
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In article <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes:
>One big reason for DOS over Unix is that DOS is friendly to the 
>non-computer whiz.  (And that's saying a lot, since DOS has its
>problems.)  For example, to display a file under DOS, I use
>'type' or the near-universal bit of freeware 'd'. That's lots
>easier to remember than 'cat.'

what about aliasing on UNIX, you can make your 'cat' be anything you want.
of course you need some shell for that, but almost all unix systems have it.

gary