FYI: We now have "fish" on login

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Peter,

Am 18.11.2013 um 16:11 schrieb Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org>:
> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>> Am 18.11.2013 um 15:54 schrieb Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org>:
>>> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>>>> we have now "fish", the next-generation shell, on "login". See for details
>>>> http://fishshell.com
>>> 
>>> YASH! C'mon, who needs another one?
>> 
>> Well, some user request it and then I thought: "Hey, we already got this shell, why not install it?"
>> The syntax is pretty crappy for an old-schooler like me, though :-D
> 
> Well, IMHO, it brings aesthetic improvements, which can be implemented
> for older shells. I'm afraid that this is the result of the novelty
> syndrome and expect to find a high usage at customer sites just because
> it's new an shiny. Ugh.

Well, the proverb says "There are two kinds of morons - the ones who say it is
good because it is old and the ones who say it is good because it is new" :-)

Reasons besides "newness" are of course the "right" reasons :-D


Best regards

  -- Dago

-- 
"You don't become great by trying to be great, you become great by wanting to do something,
and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process." - xkcd #896

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