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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
Summary: DOS verses Unix
Keywords: Invitation for opinions/flames...
Message-ID: <511094@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 89 11:41:28 GMT
References: <260@ndla.UUCP> <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Organization: Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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In article <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>, jmann@bigbootay (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.'

cat is less to type than type :)          

One could always install a menuing front end on the Unix machine so
all the users sees is a series of nested menus with every available 
option.


-- 
Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN
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