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Aucbvax.2863 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Sat Aug 29 22:10:50 1981 unix documentation >From SomeoneOnUUCP@Berkeley Sat Aug 29 22:05:51 1981 I don't want to use a system which is tailored to the lowest denominator. [If the road signs are too high maybe you're on the wrong road.]

C'mon guy...If you take unix as it is, improve on the documentation and some of the error messages, possibly make some of the utilities mnemonic, you do not make it less usable for persons like yourself. Behind all of the verbiage (including denying the users the "priviledge" of knowledge) I hear that you don't like to use a system that is easy for "the masses" to use, whether it meets your needs or not. Considering the amount of work that has gone into making "user-friendly" systems over the past decade, and the amount of work that still needs to be done I find your attitude somewhat antideluvian. Perhaps you should try an IBM OS system!

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