[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In fact pure UNIX using command line, is more likely to cause damage, > > minor or Major due to the accidental typing ( Hands engaged before the > > ...Depending on the current user. Unix has priviledge levels for a reason, > and is capable of functioning with damage that would render an entirely GUI- > based system inoperable. > > The same command line interface that you believe can destroy the system is > the same feature that lends the Unix environment the phenomenal amount of > power and speed (and reliability!) it is known for. Yes, it is possible to > cause major damage with a slip of the fingers, but the fact that MOST Unixes > do not embrace the "everyone is superuser" choice of the Windows and MacOS > worlds effectively limits the damage that can be done. > > Be careful how you generalize. > > -- > Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Halifax.NS.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Halifax.NS.Ca/ > -> Solaris Snob and general NOCMonkey
One advantage of the Mac OS prior to OS-X is that you can not deliberately Reformat the Hard Disk which has your currently operating system without starting up from the systems Disk or another Hard drive with a function system. You have to conciously want to do so. It impossible to do otherwise. In Dos when I worked for a school system all you had to type was fdisk C:/ ( maybe C>:/ been a while) and your machine was toast. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:275-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (note: America web page is a link to another website may go away at anytime! please visit any or all) http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm
