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    In <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912131222310.611-100000@mm.wd6dod.ampr.org> Bob Lorenzini (bobl@newportharbornet.com) wrote:
    > Again, the point that is missed is that for all you "unix hacker guru
    > types" having to do "set meta-on" an such in a /.inputrc file may not be
    > a big deal, but end user customers are lazy and don't want to do a weeks
    > worth of research just to get their displays to look like what they are
    > used to with NetWare, DOS, NT, Windows 95/98, etc. I know you guys
    > think I'm anal here or something, but I am trying to make this easy for
    > our folks who will buy a Caldera or RedHat commercial Linux and the
    > stuff just works without the user needing to do all this extra stuff to
    > get what they can get "free and easy" from Microsoft and Novell (like
    > simple text graphics support for utilities).

    > Jeff

    > Have you ever been on a clients winblows machine and had to telnet to a
    > unix box and run a job with ansi graphics and the only telnet tool available
    > was the msdosbox? Obviously not.

    Oh. Really. I forgot about this :-(( DOS's NCSA telnet it 7bit terminal !
    I had to patch it when I needed russian letters :-/





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