IT maintenance is one thing. Scientific innovation is a different thing altogether.
I can tell you this much: the software GUI is not the cause of a degeneration of computer science. There is nothing smart or noble about typing a word instead of clicking a button. If anything, GUIs make life easier for scientists so they can do real work. And real work does not include typing up scripts or console commands to burn CDs or maintain operating systems. PS: If "the number of true IT experts and professionals is dwindling exponentially every day", you might say that the free market is letting it happen because it doesn't need them. That observation matters to Sun because they probably want to appeal to the new guard before the old guard retires completely. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
