From: Mike '/m' 


You forget the origins of the two OS's you have compared.  DOS was created
as a general-use "OS" (I'm using "OS" very liberally
here...). UNIX was created in the world of techies, by and for techies.

So comparing "dir" with "ls" is not an appropriate comaprison.

 /m


On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:55:21 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>I'd expect that from a guy named /m 
>
>Geo.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:3b4cuuk55ftrhujkdgcq6mrpc3emp1qv0c{at}4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:41:19 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote:
>>
>> > Even dos used "dir" which was short for
>> >directory, on unix they use "ls" for list when they
could have just used
>> >"list", but nooo... that would be 100% more typing..
>>
>>
>> And your point is?
>>
>> I like the shorter command names.
>>
>>  /m
>>
>>
>>
>

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