Today Mike Andrew was heard saying: ->On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:41, Burns MacDonald wrote: -> ->> frontal lobotomy can produce a Windows OS clone. ->
<snip> ->count) 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 *** But before that "somebody" will have to come with a valid alternative. At this point I don't see any so I don't think you should send something to a dustbin without having something new and better to replace it. The "arcane blitheringly stupid cli syntax" is the building stone of a lot of things, scripts for one, which would end up in the dustbin too. Don't you think you're a bit short sighted? ->embarassment to those who use it. I no longer need to grep an awk before I *** No not at all. Why an "embarrassment"? I'm very much OK the way it is. ->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) *** Simplicity (tar cvf [output.file] [input file] is all it takes), compatibility, the fact it exists and nobody came up with something else. Furthermore, advance or "something better" does not necessarily mean something else. "If it works don't brake it". It works, why changing? ->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. CP/M did better. Bash syntax and the engine ->that runs it is more profuse with bloat than any complaint about kde. (read ->the maintainers' comments on same subject) *** You switched on your rant mode!? Your views used to be more balanced. <snip> ->but being a self-confessed gui-adorer doesn't make me a me-too Windoze ->luser. *** Is this what p***** you off. OK, I can understand that. ->>then maybe > there are some users we just don't need to attract. -></sunday evening rant> -> ->too bloody right. I've never been attracted to *nix. I use it because ->Bill Gates and Steve Jobs gave me no choice. Linux has some way to go ->before I 'like' it. A decent gui is one. *** You do not use it because you believe it can solve your "problem" but because you do not have a choice. I think that is your problem. Cheers, Zoran. -- If you find me, please return me to my $HOME: my address is 'cd'. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
