From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 1 15: 1:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 929A437B71B for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:01:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f31M1Ik68767; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:01:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: , Cc: Subject: RE: different language Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:01:18 -0700 Message-ID: <004c01c0baf7$479e0280$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <200104011539.LAA07281@mclean.mail.mindspring.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, that why I wrote my book :-/ Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jud >Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:39 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Cc: mutemole@rcn.com >Subject: Re: different language > > >Unix having been around before Win, perhaps someone should >have made this point to Bill, et al., way back when. :) >(Yeah, I realize saying Unix came first isn't gonna make >things more comfortable for Win users who want to try >Unix. It's made things tougher for me as a Unix newbie. >Better minds than mine will have to work on the question >of what, if anything, should be done to try to make >FreeBSD and other Unices more accessible to Winfolk, while >not losing what's best in Unix.) > >Jud > >---------------------------------------------------------- >On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 05:23:09AM -0400, Rick wrote: > >Hello All, > I am a long time windows user and a new programmer, Now >having said = >that I noticed that when I look to Unix/Linux Os I find >you speak a = >different language. This makes it hard for new users to >get in the = >Unix/Linux world! A common naming convention >for the windows crowd would help the transition to >Unix/Linux. Thank All = > 73's Rick > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message