On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Comparing the evolution of Unix to the iPhone makes me want to scream! > > Ok. I deserved that :-) > > You are right: consumer design isn't necessarily the same think as > technical design. > > And it's probably irrelevant that *nix will never make the transition > from a technical tool to a consumer product: weren't we talking about > making Leo a better (technical) platform?
Right, and Tim's point was that Unix thrived in great part because man pages provided a standard tool to address exploding capability and complexity. The iPhone parallel doesn't become valid until the gui era. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
