tmoore@lognet2.af.mil (MSgt Terry Lee Moore) (12/05/89)
Maybe I miss "subjected" a bit. I'm stuck with the bourne shell for now. I am a newly installed Systam Adminsitrator who has used UNIX for about 4 years, but is a little weak in all the things SAs do. I am now installing 4 3B2 machines from AT&T. My problem is trying to choose which menu/shell program to use. Here are my choices: Assist from AT&T - looks like someone tried to make UNIX easier to swallow. Ascent from CDC - looks like what assist was trying to do, but still appears slow. FACE from ??? - Cute windows program, but the windows keep trashing the screen once in a while. Looks promising though. Prelude from ??? - Easiest to use for beginners, reminds me of Lotus 123. But it hogs out 2 Meg of disk on every user's directory. UNIX sys V rel. 3.2.? - Yes, the bourne shell, which even with help, looses the novice quite quickly. The network of the 4 AT&T 3B2s will be serving almost entirely, novices. So even though this is the best choice for ME, it isn't for the rank and file necessarily. You can reply here, or directly to me. Enough direct & I'll summarize. I realize there are other things out there, but with budget constraints, etc, I'm stuck with the choices above. I'd enjoy hearing about successes or failures with any of the above and your best choice and/or mix. I thank you for any/all replies. MSgt Terry Lee Moore, HQ TAC/LGY, Langley AFB, VA 23665-5541 tmoore@lognet2.af.mil AV 574-3093 Comm 804-764-3427