Although I object strongly to this argument about non-technical users being
able to use it. I like GUIs for the introduction of tools, but beyond an
introduction, and when I'm comfortable with the tool, I'd much prefer the
command line to get the "real error messages" and for remote management
ease.
Marco
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincenzo Jon - IL [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: October 7, 1999 12:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: redhat 6.1 RAID: what's different
>
> I couldn't agree more!
> If one doesn't accept the need for diversity and choice in damn near
> everything, he(or she) should just be sheep and follow M$.
> A GUI is exactly what we need. Non-Technical people fear things that
> appear(at least initially) unfriendly. Remeber the first time you sat
> down
> to the command prompt. A 'Trash-80' was a useless hunk of junk the first
> time you sat down at it. It would have been nice to be able to press 'F1'
> for help when you couldn't even figure out where the 'any' key was. :-)
>
> The key to getting our favorite OS accepted as a real alternative is to
> get
> the nontechnical users interested and involved. The only way to do that is
> not to make them take an entire weekend trying to figure out how to
> install
> the stupid OS. Get 'em up and running quickly, and they'll wonder why
> they
> even bothered with M$. IMHO
>
