Re: Microsoft: A Day Of Satisfaction As Corporate Bully

[Jim Burnes]

David Honig wrote:
> 
> At 09:57 AM 4/5/00 -0400, ... wrote:
> >Truth is, *NIX is too powerful - they fear the command prompt.
> 
> Bull.  They rightly loathe a user interface memorable only
> if you use it constantly.  Which relies on recall, not
> recognition.  And recall of cryptic spells, no less.
> 
> Why do you think a lot of current *NIX work is ongoing
> in making slick desktops?  Deployment.

Overriding my considerable trepidation at sloshing through the
murky waters of OS religious wars......

Let me ask a few questions.......

(1) How do you do the following in a GUI:

copy all of the files in the current directory to each of the
directories in the current search path except for the ones ending
in .c, .cc or.C

(2) How do you do the following in a command line interface:

Compare the color registration of three different digital photographs
and put the highest quality one in the current web page and throw
the other two in the trash.

See how easy it is to resolve this issue without talking about
any specific OS?  If fact each of the common OS's we talk about
(windows,linux,MacOS with the occasional nod to Amiga et al) could
complete both tasks admirably.  Its really a question of which
environment you prefer.

As far as I know Bill gates hasn't ripped me off in years.

Shouldnt the consumer be the last word?

jim