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In a message dated 96-02-29 13:37:19 EST, [log in to unmask] (Denys Beauchemin)
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>>I'm amazed to see the unkind remarks that everyone (including my kind
>>friend Denys) throw at poor-old-dear DBDRIVER.
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>>What's wrong with being "user-indifferent"? Everyone wants Unix!
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>I said user-indifferent not user-agressive! Do not compare DBDRIVER to UNIX.
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>>What's wrong with the fact that "The commands are one letter are sometimes
>>not intuitively obvious"? Everyone wants Unix!
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>>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.
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>What is the matter Alfredo, did someone urinate in your bowl of Cheerios
this
>morning?
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>What do you mean ". . .in a somewhat-cowardly and child-like way. . ."?
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>And that is MISTER Denys to you!
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>:-> (Trying to pick myself off the floor from laughter.)
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>Kind regards,
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>Denys. . .
Now look what I started......
Rick Clark
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