On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:06, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:21:51 -0800, Rob Farmer <rfar...@predatorlabs.net> > wrote: >> I'm not saying the CLI is universally bad - if you gain competence >> with a set of programs that you use frequently, it can be very >> efficient. It does make it hard to enter a new area, though - you've >> got to learn some before you can do anything. > > When entering WHICH field new to you this is different? > > Repeat after me: Computers. Are. Not. Easy. :-)
None - but people don't feel like they are entering a new field. Everyone uses computers - public schools have spent massive amounts of money to start kids using computers at 5 or 6 years old, if they haven't already at home. So the discussion isn't framed as learning something new - its "why should we change the way everyone has been working for years?" To use a US example, you see the same thing with the SI/metric system. Scientists and other technical people use it almost universally without issue (except for some oddities, PSI is somewhat popular) - it is better for real/serious work, but the general public doesn't see it as new or valuable - its just a stupid change in the way everything has always been done. -- Rob Farmer _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"