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Subject:RE: Setup vs Set up [was Log in vs. login] From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:"'McLauchlan, Kevin'" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>, "'Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com'" <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:47:12 +0000
I was a UNIX person a long time ago in a galaxy far away. I have good memories of it. You just had to be careful of what commands you typed in.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of McLauchlan, Kevin
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:46 AM
To: Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Setup vs Set up [was Log in vs. login]
Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is a very user-friendly operating system.
It's just very particular who its friends are.
I don't remember who first said that, but I often had it as a sig or a tag-line during my Linux years.
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From: Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com
Sent: January-23-13 9:07 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Setup vs Set up [was Log in vs. login]
You are a horrible and evil person for putting that idea out into the Universe.
-----Original Message----- Chris Despopoulos
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:30 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Setup vs Set up [was Log in vs. login]
Pretty soon we'll be communicating exclusively via Unix commands.
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