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From: ajai@ffast.ffast.att.com (Ajai Khattri)
Subject: Re: Retro-Computing!
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Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 21:12:31 GMT
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In article <Pine.NXT.3.92.950330155824.2916A-100000@tomobiki-cho.cac.washington.edu>,
Mark Crispin  <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU> wrote:
>On 30 Mar 1995, THUNDERONE@DELPHI.COM wrote:
>> Modern Operating Systems attempt to adapt to the human's needs.  Old 
>> Operating Systems require the human to adapt to them.
>
>Except for the "modern" operating system UNIX, which requires the user to 
>adapt to it (with such obvious commands as "cat", "grep", and "awk"), and 
>the "old" operating system TOPS-20, which adapted to the human's need.

Unix modern? Unix is over 25 years old! Its only because your average user
has only recently figured out what *real* preemptive multi-tasking is that
its suddenly a hot 'new' idea.


Aj.
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