mwm@ea.UUCP (04/14/84)
#R:basser:-25800:ea:13500009:000:1254 ea!mwm Apr 13 22:20:00 1984 /***** ea:net.unix-wizar / basser!chris / 6:45 pm Apr 6, 1984 */ Some of us like it that way, you know. I don't think anyone ever thought that ATT (or especially Bell Labs) had some responsibilty to make life easy for morons. (Boo-hoo). Innovative programmers need salesmen sitting on them like they need more orifices in their skulls. My case rests. Chris Maltby University of Sydney (and loving it) /* ---------- */ Who said anything about making life easy for morons? Somebody merely wants to not HAVE to be a Unix wizard to get work done. Of course, 90% of the documentation assumes that you have the source and are proficient in C, so they leave 70% of the documentation in their source. So if you don't have a source license, even being a Unix wizard is no great help. And no, I won't to buy a $43K source license for my $9K 68000 box. Likewise, nobody said anything about making programmers write documentation [God pity the poor user (non-programmer) who has to use such docs]. What do you think technical writers are for? Actually, it would be nice if AT&T started acting like they were selling a commercial product, instead of shipping tapes with notes & wishes for luck in them. <mike My Favorite Oxy-moron? "Unix Documentation"