Re: Behind the Times? (was Re: Conventions)

From: Brian Henderson <BrianL.Henderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:27:54 GMT

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 03:43:53 GMT, Sea Wasp
<seawaspobvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've been using computers since the '70s myself, and there is no way
>in all the seven hells of space you'd get me back to a command line
>unless you made all GUI interfaces instantly lethal. It's not a matter
>of literacy. It's a matter of ease of use. No command line was EVER as
>easy to use as my Atari ST, my Mac, or even, gods forbid, WinBlows.
>I'd rather use a Windows 95 box than a command line. Hell, I'll even
>take Xwindows.

Plus the fact, there are a whole range of software applications that
simply wouldn't function without a GUI. Exactly how would you operate
Photoshop from a command line?
.

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