> James Carlson wrote: > > UNIX admin writes: > > > >>>> Do you even care to understand? > >>>> > >>> I don't think it's helpful at all to chase away > >>> people who want to use > >>> an OpenSolaris-based distribution in an > unexpected or > >>> novel way. We > >>> actually do _want_ new users. > >>> > >> Did you find that question offensive? > >> > > [...] > > > > To stretch the analogy a great deal further, it's > possible to operate > > some pretty complex devices (including radios, TVs, > and recording > > machines) without having to learn how they operate > internally. That > > wasn't always true (particularly so in the > pre-superhet days), but it > > should be so if you're going to capture more > ordinary users. > > > > Whether a simplified usage model is an install > choice, a per-user > > login option, or a completely separate > distribution, I don't care. I > > do think it'd be a worthwhile goal, though, and > that the original > > poster was not wrong for asking about it. > > > > Agree wholeheartedly. Why should an user have to > learn Unix in order to > use a Word Processor. Maybe that person is writing > a novel and wants to > concentrate on the characters, plot, storyline > rather than fumbling > ith ls > flags. > A developer/cs student/hacker however, by all means, > learn Unix, work > with the CLI etc. > egards, > Moinak. > > Dear Moinak,
This is all the agreement needed on the part of developers who develop solaris for the desktop. They have to use their advanced programming skills, do a lot of complex work in order to tun out something uttlerly simple. Like a TV that swiches on and displays the movie with a remote control that is 1, 2,3, up and down...My first computer in 1995 came with an interface that looked like a book. Called "Tabworks", developed by Xerox, it was nothing more than the file browser organized like a printed organizer diary (as the one by Business India in India). I could turn the pages with a mouse click, open or close the book. I could operate that computer if I knew how to tun pages in a printed book! (to exaggerate a little). System Administrators at the background do some very complex work in order to make the terminals on the front end operating smoothly. Most front end users have no idea of the amount of work being done by the system administrators just to ensure that the user could log in smoothly. It is the same situation here. Open Solaris developers have to do a lot of complex work in order to give the user a compuer that is plain, easy and utterly simple. Thanks for your comments. Sivasubramanian Muthusamy _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
