On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 18:47 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 April 2006 18:15, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > > >>Hal Vaughan wrote: > >> > >>>Every time someone suggests something > >>>that makes an install easier or an easier config method, there is > >>>always hostility in this group and elsewhere. > >> > >>Do you have some examples? > > > > > > I've seen and watched it. While it was more true several years ago than > > now, I've watched that kind of ugliness pop up from time to time. > > It permeates the Linux[1] world. > > [snip] > > > past 2 months. It didn't focus directly on user-friendliness, but it > > was a good example of the "I know hi-tech and you don't, so don't > > bother with Linux" attitude. > > This has been a problem with UNIX[2] like operating systems from the > start. It has a cryptic command language, and many arcane facts > must be known in order properly to administer it. It breeds gurus > and guru mentality. > > People who love UNIX almost universally hate operating systems with > a reasonable and well-thought out CLI, like VAX/VMS was. > The switches in VMS, if applicable, were the same for all > commands. The commands themselves were for the most part > complete words which made sense.
Fortunately, the command switches for VMS are *still* consistent across commands. http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/roadmap/openvms_roadmaps.htm http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82FINAL/9996/9996PRO.HTML -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA python -c 'print len(str(2**300000))' 90309 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
