Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Interesting observation -- "one true unix" Message-ID: <960@opus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 02:49:12 EST Article-I.D.: opus.960 Posted: Wed Nov 28 02:49:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:01:58 EST References: <650@ames.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 21 > ... They desire control > over everything. It doesn't matter that the erase character can > be changed between Backspce or Delete, just make them the same. Don't > give the user the choice of vi or emacs, standardize so we have to maintain > less. > > Any ideas for defending our bastion of 4.2 from the hordes of the SV bastion? > We have tried the obvious "different and better tools." This works only > so far. Offer them COBOL and MVS on an IBM mainframe. That's clearly about as "standard" and "conventional" as you can get--and clearly COBOL is as powerful as any language, in some theoretical sense. If they balk at that, you've got a foot in the door; your position is only a matter of degree. If they DON'T balk at that, you're in trouble! -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Reality? Gad, that's worse than puberty!