Kelsey Hartigan Go wrote:
Maybe the thought occurred to these guys is that if you can't be
responsible to learn the concepts behind the code, you aren't fit to use
it? GNU tools are not normally for mere mortals...
That's only because they have yet to re-engineer some of them
for usability and not necessarily because the power they offer is
'not meant for mere mortals'. Difficult to use is not synonymous
with powerful. If you look at GNU Info, it's just a lowly document
viewer with hyperlinks, but using it is such a klunky / painful
experience.
Contrast with gcc, which is now a lot easier to use, and yet more
powerful than ever... this is because the new developers pay attention
to usability and don't let hacker elitism get the better of them.
It takes great skill to be able to engineer all that power into
a piece of software and it takes a great amount of a different kind
of skill to make such power accessible.
MS' success is in part because they can acknowledge the existence
of the 2nd part of the equation (although they often do so at
the expense of the first :-)).
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