On Monday 04 February 2002 06:47 am, Mike Andrew wrote: > [snip] The arcane blitheringly stupid cli syntax of > Linux can get consigned to the dustbin where it deserved to be 20 years > ago. The cli is an embarassment to those who use it. I no longer need to > grep an awk before I bash it. It hasn't put one more hair on my chest. > While I've learned a few more verbs since 1972 *nix hasn't kept up > beyond the monosylable. We're stuck in a time warp with ls, tre, man, and > a host of other inscrutable geek. The only reason people defend tar: a > tape archiver for god's sake, is because it brings back fond memories of > Bob Dylan, Coffee Shops and Duffel coats. (Ask them to be rational and > the expression mists over) > > I'd call this geekspeak a high entry barrier when what I want to do is > design T shirts and run accounts. If that were my profession, i'd like to > love Linux, not wrestle it to the mat. [snip] > > Gui's and point n click assist in a need, and it doesn't equate to being > a Windows clone. X is a good idea(tm).[snip]
Bravo! Wish I'd said all that. > I would certainly back you in an argument where some distro was stupid > enough to chase the Windoze market by emulating Windoze, but being a > self-confessed gui-adorer doesn't make me a me-too Windoze luser. Agreed. But I believe the likes of Lycoris and Elx are contributing something real to Linux with "innovation" like simplified menu structure, simple network browser, preconfiguration targeted to end users, etc. It don't see any of the below as a foregone conclusion: 1) That an OS must be difficult to use in order to be powerful and stable. 2) That an OS cannot satisfy both users and gurus alike. 3) That emulating those things that Windows does well (*not* a null list) will somehow turn Linux into a proprietary, unsecure, unstable, expensive, resource hogging, reboot-and-reload clone of Windows. Michael _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
