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Hmmm... I didn't take it as a putdown. It seems to be a commentary on
the sad fact that Gates and Jobs won't include simple, useful tools that
they didn't invent.
Also, a GUI isn't really necessary for everything.
John Gilger
Senior Technical Writer
Acres Gaming, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- jci -dot- com [mailto:Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- jci -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 01:58 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Software solution
>It never ceases to amaze me that people actually use computer systems
that
>lack basic tools like 'grep'. These were already standard on Unix when
I
>learned it in the early 80s.
<snip>
Now can we leave off the cheap and easy OS putdowns? OS's are like feet
--
everyone has two and they all stink.
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