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From: "Jim Lefavour" <jamesl AT mail DOT albany DOT net>
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 00:00:02 -0500
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Subject: Re: User friendly OS Was: Re: Usage of directory entries
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> Once upon a time (on 26 Apr 97 at 12:16) Jim Lefavour said:
> 
> > Unfortunately, someone has to set that up, and people "spoiled" on 
> > Windows systems can be easily intimidated by the setup of first the 
> > kernel, then the X windows system, then the boot-up files, and not 
> > to mention the internet access - not exactly Joe DOSuser's idea of 
> > user-friendly :-)
> > 
> > We need to keep this in mind when developing our system - keep it as 
> > simple as possible to set up, so that anyone can do it (this I am 
> > familiar with :-)
> As I said it befor - it just needs one good configuration utility to do all 
> the stuff. Everything may be complicated at will - as long as Joe DOS* ;-) 
> doesn't get into the mud, everything will work OK, won't it?

Exactly - with any powerful OS, there is the potential for a user to 
"mess things up" but a good config util will go a long way :-)

Jim
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