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From: wm@tekchips.UUCP (Wm Leler)
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Subject: Re: AT&T vs. the toolkit approach
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Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 19:52:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 11 19:52:57 1984
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I disagree that most of the "new" computer users out there
that the 3B is aimed at won't be interested in the famous
UNIX tools.  Look at all the PC software out there that
people are using -- word processors, spread sheets, graphics
and such.  And now what are people looking at doing?  Why,
connecting them all together (like *tools*), of course.

UNIX *is* tools.  Without the tools, it is not really that
good an operating system.  It is old, flabby, has a terrible
user interface and funny command names.  The first "program"
I wrote on UNIX was "written" in awk, sed, and nroff (no C).
It was about 6 pages, took me 3 days to write (including
learning how to use UNIX), and replaced a fortran program
that was 3 inches thick.

AT&T seems to be doing a good job of shooting themselves
in the foot.  The question is, AT&T is so big, how many
times can they shoot themselves before they get hurt?

			Wm Leler