On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 06:15 +0530, A. Mani wrote: > 2. I thought others would argue the CLI part... but that is funny. I am more > of a GUI user. I had to generate most of the possible counter arguments. > Rajarshi was not arguing coherently...this was compounded by vagueness at > various points incl. in the article. It will be useful if he writes a proper > summary of his viewpoints.
My first point was: what are we arguing? MS hegemony and escaping it via Linux? Or GUI vs CLI as representing the true computer? If the argument is about the first question, I don't have anything to say, since I agree that Linux offers choice. If its the second questions then I say: 1. There is nothing good or bad about a GUI or CLI. Both are suited for different purposes 2. CLI offers extra power and control over the system; but for the majority of purposes, this is not required 3. This leads to the next point: the majority of people are not interested in computers for computers sake. They want to view or save a recipe, save a ptient record or play a DVD. Nothing more. 4. Given the 2 groups of people: for people who want more control and power, they will use the CLI. I agree. Nothing more to say. For the other (majority) group - claiming that a CLI improves their position is useless, since what they need to do can be easily done via a GUI So what is incoherent? Try and realize that everybody is not a mathematician and that most people do not see a computer as the end all and be all of their lives. As has been stated before, 'Welcome to the real world..' ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajarshi Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://jijo.cjb.net> GPG Fingerprint: 0CCA 8EE2 2EEB 25E2 AB04 06F7 1BB9 E634 9B87 56EE ------------------------------------------------------------------- A list is only as strong as its weakest link. -- Don Knuth -- 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
