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From: grunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Unix unter alles - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 22:32:21 EST
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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
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