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Re: An 'ae' testimony



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On Sat, 22 May 1999 16:08:18 +1000, Shane King wrote:

>Hmm, I don't know about this. An inexperienced user is unlikely to know how
>to recover their system anyway, so why bother putting an editor there that
>they can use by themselves?

    Who said recovery?  We're talking the boot disks, system installation.


>They're probably going to have to consult an expert to find out how to fix
>things. Hence even for newbies, catering to what the expert knows is in some
>ways very important!

    I dunno about you, but I'd rather talk a newbie through pico (which I
never use) tha vi(m), which I do.  ;)


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