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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.
>>
>>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. . .
 
Now look what I started......
 
Rick Clark

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