Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 13:10:48 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Ishpeck wrote:

> Man is too cryptic for some DOS people. THey'd never be able to
> understand it.

A man page, when formatted and displayed, is just plain text.  It is
no more cryptic than any other piece of docs.  In other words, if the
docs author did a good job, anyone should be able to understand it.