Re: Command line (was: OT - Shutting down an RS/6000 ?) -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Command line (was: OT - Shutting down an RS/6000 ?)
From: Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:21:16 +1300
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At 02:02 PM 11/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:

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Right!!  And I'd like to meet the mental giant in usability who took the S/38
convention of 1=Display, 9=Delete (far apart) and turned them into 4=Delete,
5=Display (right stinkin' next to each other)!  Idiot!

Michael

4 was a worse choice for delete when you had 4 or 5 years experience -
"habit" - using 4 to hold spool files....

Regards
Evan Harris

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