Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!grunwald From: grunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Unix unter alles - (nf) Message-ID: <5684@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 22:32:21 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5684 Posted: Thu Feb 16 22:32:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 03:00:51 EST Lines: 16 #R:wivax:-1921000:uiuccsb:4400041:000:552 uiuccsb!grunwald Feb 16 17:53:00 1984 In a lot of ways, you are correct in that the shell syntax is a little arcane -- any sane end-user system would provide menu-oriented systems. However, I think that if you compare UNIX with NOS or OS/360, you'll find the same problems. Arcane, insane and, at times, profane. I wager that in those operating environments, a customized interface is used for the end user (e.g. the teller at your local bank). Saying that UNIX won't fly in the buisness world because of sh or csh is flatly wrong. Dirk Grunwald U of Illinois ihnp4 ! uiucdcs ! grunwald