Subject: Re: [open-source] Sun to start charging for Star Office
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
From: Jim Wise <jwise@draga.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/21/2002 21:31:57
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Good idea. I'll switch to using
ftp -o - $URL | sed 's,<[^>]*>,,' | fmt | more
to browse the web RIGHT AWAY.
Or maybe not...
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>
>> > and i wish they will not ever do. or it will not be unix any more
>>
>> And why do you say what? What do you think makes Unix Unix?
>
>main difference between unix and lots of other (mostly commercial but not
>only) systems and between unix software and other software is that
>unix enables you do perform anything you would like by combining
>functions of lots programs doing few functions perfectly. and make this
>easy.
>
>others gives you one or few huge applications that have thousands of
>functions that author though it may be useful (or may look great).
>
>this is two complete views and it should not be mixed.
>so let windows&msword&excel&powerpoint&ie and etc... be what they are and
>let unix be unix.
>
>and let every user choose their way of thinking and using computers, only
>force them to interchange data in readable-by-all formats.
>
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Jim Wise
jwise@draga.com
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