On Sunday 27 November 2005 01:22, Rajarshi Guha wrote: > On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 22:33 +0530, A. Mani wrote: > > On Saturday 26 November 2005 04:56, Rajarshi Guha wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 04:02 +0530, A. Mani wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > How does the CLI lead to a more cost-effective solution for the Third > World? Can you elaborate on this? > Easy we can consider the $50 PC. The graphics demand makes the cost of the PC higher...that is a direct part. This way we can help some sections at least.
> > But we have the issues of competition from M$. In CS/IT > > locales at least we can try for the elimination of the GUI. > > Does that mean you would ask programmers to give up their IDE's? No, ... but programmers generally forget about most IDE features which involve the mouse very soon. Those who use Emacs will not look at IDEs. > Granted > visual IDE's can hamper, but a suitably powerful IDE can enhance a > programmers work. > > As an example - I used to write Java using GVIM and the terminal for the > last 1.5 years. I got used to it, had some scripts etc. > <snip> I use Kile...but without the mouse. I am more of a GUI user, only when I started looking in did I understand how insufficient these GUIs are. A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
