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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
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Date: 24 Dec 89 03:16:01 GMT
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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.'
 
I draw your attention to the fact that either;

A. One can alias cat (most Unix systems support a C-Shell or C-Shell look
   alike).

B. Most people use more (BSD) or pg (SysV) so the text goes by in screen
   full increments along with being able to search for patterns and
   go back and skip.  Much more powerful than DOS's type with a pipe to
   more.

>As for the fact that OS/2 is multi tasking but not multiuser, I consider
>this a feauture, not a bug.  I think that one of the great advances in
>computers in the last 10 years has been that everyone can have his/her
>own box (with no other users to do things to crash it) but still be connected
>to a network allowing data sharing as desired.
 
There's no law that says that you have to share your Unix workstation with
other users.  A lot of the Unix workstations out there are used standalone
inspite of the fact that they have multiuser capability.
 
     // JCA

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