From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 1 8:39: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mclean.mail.mindspring.net (mclean.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4138237B718 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:39:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jud@operamail.com) Received: from schoolhouse (dialup-63.214.194.116.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [63.214.194.116]) by mclean.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA07281; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:39:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200104011539.LAA07281@mclean.mail.mindspring.net> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 11:38:53 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: mutemole@rcn.com From: Jud Subject: Re: different language Reply-To: jud@operamail.com X-Mailer: Opera 5.10 build 895 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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