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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!twpierce From: Tim Pierce <twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user X-Nntp-Posting-Host: kimbark.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <D9tEJ7.CyG@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: Vinegar Cabal References: <3qq5i8$2jj@anshar.shadow.net> <D9pJBs.KG4@plato.ds.boeing.com> <GPALMER.95Jun7001333@westhill.cdrom.com> <3r4f25$c5j@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 18:14:21 GMT Lines: 29 In article <3r4f25$c5j@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>, Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: >gpalmer@westhill.cdrom.com (Gary Palmer) writes: > >>OK - we can hold the users hand in lots of different ways, >>have a nice menuing system which hides the underlying complexity >>of the system (and please don't try telling me UN*X isn't complex!) > >Do you have even a rough measure of the complexity of an OS, >according to which Unix is more complex than say Windows NT, >or even MacOS ? > >In my view, for what it is worth, the Unix kernel is more consistent, >and therefore less complex, than either of these. He wasn't talking about the kernel. For that matter, neither were you. This is a strawman argument. >The supposed complexity of Unix is used as an excuse by those >who are unwilling or unable to document clearly >and offer proper installation tools. You haven't been listening. Good-bye. -- By sending unsolicited commercially-oriented e-mail to this address, the sender agrees to pay a $100 flat fee to the recipient for proofreading services.