Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 5:47:48 PM, Ali wrote:
> My response is that other OS's that offer great flexibility do so
> through excessive complexity, obscurity, and obfuscation that makes it
Funny how none of the simpler OSs provide any of that yet you call it
"excessive" complexity, obscurity and obfuscation. I have to chuckle since
the "easy" OSs are "easy" because the "hide" things and present a simplified
interface to the user. Anytime the user wants to do anything the simplified
interface presents guess what he has to go through...
...excessive complexity (Windows registry/Mac "control panel" anyone?),
obscurity (Windows registry/Mac control panel) and obfuscation (again, the
same).
Trust me, there is something refreshing about having all the system
configuration in one place (/etc) and in a format that is easily manipulated.
Tell me, Ali, what is so complex, obscure and obfuscated about a plain text
file that one of a dozen different editors can manipulate with instructions
that are leagues better than the "wizards" that are so prevalent now?
Nothing.
People who say that Unix (Esp. Linux) is hard have never used it and don't
really grasp how hard Windows/Mac are nor the difference between "hard" and
"different."
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