-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dotan Cohen wrote on 24/10/09 13:25: >... > Why not have a GUI program that performs brain surgery? That rebuilds > Ford smallblocks? That gives legal advice? Some jobs require a > professional, and making them "accessible" does nobody any good.
The software that brain surgeons use is highly graphical. <http://www.5min.com/Video/114223642> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGGL2pb2nc> If it was text-only, it would be much less effective, and brain surgeons would therefore be less trustworthy, not more. It is not the difficulty of the software they use that leads you to trust brain surgeons, mechanics, or lawyers; it is their training, experience, and support staff. You are trying to make server administrators trustworthy by making server software artificially difficult to use. This strategy would work only if the server software market was uncompetitive, because it is a strategy that severely retards the usefulness of the software. A graphical interface could do a much better job of presenting and manipulating things like directory information trees, network topology, and resource use over time, than a text-only presentation ever will. - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrlqDwACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecr1zwCgpe4JXXW/5bS7ZsiGOYb2GUj1 LqwAoIrad1nP6TQsNeHZydJzvLnuaDxx =HjaF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
