From: "Geo." 

I didn't forget the origins, however NT started out with the Win 3.1 UI on
it and that has now become XP so what's the problem? Is unix frozen in time
or something?

Geo.

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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>
> 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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