>>>>> "Paul" == Paul McHale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> I also agree we need configuration GUIs in Linux. If you still Paul> enjoy the endless research to execute a simple command, by all Paul> means don't use the GUI. There are many times when I need a Paul> administrative task done more than I need to be doing it! I say Paul> endless for one reason. If it is so non-intuitive you need to Paul> go through 5 pages of help, you'll probably forget it in short Paul> order. Next time you'll be looking it up again. The word "intuitive" applied to computers is an Orwellism. You are NOT born with innate knowledge of menus and mouseclicks, this way or that. What you really mean when you say "intuitive" is "familiar". You have used some kind of interface before and naturally find it easier to learn other interfaces if they are similar to the one you know. Now there may be many people who know the same interface you do. They may even be the majority of computer users. So what? That still doesn't make the interface superior. Paul> Point is, if you want the marketplace, you better go after the Paul> market people. The market people want windows offers. This is Paul> not by mistake. Microsoft has invested major $$$ in searching Paul> for what users want. Wrong, or at least just a small part of the truth. Microsoft has invested even more major $$$ in persuading people that they wanted what Microsoft had to offer. THAT is what 90% of marketing is concerned with today, and that is why I want no part of it. And the "people" we're talking about are not the end users. The end users didn't invent the (deplorable) "I just want my job done and want to know nothing about my tools". It is the MANAGERS that like people working like robots. Paul> Time and time again the best argument for Linux is stability. MY major argument for Linux (Unix in general) and against NT is CONTROL vs. the lack of it. If you don't know what I mean I'll explain privately. Paul> To continue to grow, it must start capturing people who are less Paul> interested in how it works and more interested in what is can do Paul> for them. What IS this general obsession with growth? How dirty, smoggy, stinking must our cities get before we all understand that there are limits to technology? Why does everybody equate bigger == better? -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107