[LINK] Legacy/high-end platform conversions to Linux/Intel a threat to Microsoft W2K

[Dr. Bob Jansen]

At 2:35 PM +1100 13/11/01, Craig Sanders wrote:
>
>command line interfaces are for the literate, while GUIs are for the
>illiterate....but it's even worse than that.  GUIs actively promote &
>create illiteracy by attempting to make literacy an obsolete skill.
>

The real benefit for me is that under OX S, I can use either a 
command line interface or GUI element as the problem dictates. I can 
choose the mechanism that gives me the greatest productivity. That, 
to me, gives me the best of both worlds. As for automation, I can 
automate the interface all I want using the applescript language. I'm 
all for choice - it should be up to the user to chose their style of 
interaction and not be forced into one style or other because of the 
wishes of a developer. As a developer myself, I always try to provide 
choices for the user.

bobj

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