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Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>
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In a message dated 96-02-29 11:39:27 EST, [log in to unmask] (F. Alfredo
Rego) writes:
 
>I'm amazed to see the unkind remarks that everyone (including my kind
>friend Denys) throw at poor-old-dear DBDRIVER.
>
>What's wrong with being "user-indifferent"?  Everyone wants Unix!
 
I said user-indifferent not user-agressive! Do not compare DBDRIVER to UNIX.
 
>
>What's wrong with the fact that "The commands are one letter are sometimes
>not intuitively obvious"?  Everyone wants Unix!
>
>
>Come on, people!  Be consistent :-)   Everybody should not only love
>DBDRIVER but use it for production work.  Denys has shown (in a
>somewhat-cowardly and child-like way, but still way ahead of the pack) that
>he has put his toes into the DBDRIVER water.  As is the case with a Turing
>machine (which can be programmed to do ANY computing task, albeit a bit
>slowly and not so elegantly), it is theoretically possible to have EVERY
>ONE of your hundreds of users pounding away at DBDRIVER commands to get
>your company's daily databaswe-oriented work done.
>
>
 
What is the matter Alfredo, did someone urinate in your bowl of Cheerios this
morning?
 
What do you mean ". . .in a somewhat-cowardly and child-like way. . ."?
 
 
And that is MISTER Denys to you!
 
:-> (Trying to pick myself off the floor from laughter.)
 
Kind regards,
 
Denys. . .

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