billg@cs.tamu.edu (William Gunshannon) (06/28/90)
In article <452@mtndew.UUCP> friedl@mtndew.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: > UNIX System V > > Its Sheer Simplicity May Surprise You > > >I looked throughout the entire brochure and found *no* smiley. > > Steve :-) I have been using UNIX for about 10 years now. It's sheer simplicity to me!! Also no smiley!! bill gunshannon
wtm@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Bill Mayhew) (06/28/90)
I'd have to agree that System V might seem like sheer simplicity compared to DEC Vax-VMS or IBM batch mode JCL. I sure get tired of SET DEFAULT [this or that] when someone makes me use VMS. It is also fun to amaze people that have grown up strictly in VMS by showing them a Unix heirarchical file sytem. ==Bill== -- Bill Mayhew Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511 wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu ....!uunet!aablue!neoucom!wtm
gmark@cbnewse.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) (06/29/90)
In article <6183@helios.TAMU.EDU>, billg@cs.tamu.edu (William Gunshannon) writes: > In article <452@mtndew.UUCP> friedl@mtndew.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: > > Its Sheer Simplicity May Surprise You > >I looked throughout the entire brochure and found *no* smiley. > I have been using UNIX for about 10 years now. It's sheer simplicity to me!! I took a UNIX course when I first came to Bell Labs, and it always seemed straightforward to me. Now, an OS that's been described to me as "simple and elegant", DOS, well, I just don't get it. Maybe it's just me. - GMS
murphyn@motcid.UUCP (Neal P. Murphy) (06/29/90)
wtm@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Bill Mayhew) writes:
: fun to amaze people that have grown up strictly in VMS by showing
: them a Unix heirarchical file sytem.
But ... isn't the VMS file system heirarchical as well? After all,
they are *both* tree structures...
NPNdrd@siia.mv.com (David Dick) (06/30/90)
In <452@mtndew.UUCP> friedl@mtndew.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: >We have all seen various AT&T ads for System V ("Consider It >Standard") and I guess this is no surprise. They must have >gotten some different staffers because they have just taken a >(ahem) different direction. We just got a brochure from them >called (sit down for this): > UNIX System V > Its Sheer Simplicity May Surprise You >I looked throughout the entire brochure and found *no* smiley. > Steve :-) Maybe they were comparing it to BSD :-) David Dick