Hello Steve,
Wednesday, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, you wrote:
Steve Lamb> 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
Steve Lamb> Funny how none of the simpler OSs provide any of that yet you call it
Steve Lamb> "excessive" complexity, obscurity and obfuscation. I have to chuckle since
Steve Lamb> the "easy" OSs are "easy" because the "hide" things and present a
simplified
Steve Lamb> interface to the user. Anytime the user wants to do anything the
simplified
Steve Lamb> interface presents guess what he has to go through...
Steve Lamb> ...excessive complexity (Windows registry/Mac "control panel" anyone?),
Steve Lamb> obscurity (Windows registry/Mac control panel) and obfuscation (again, the
Steve Lamb> same).
Steve Lamb> Trust me, there is something refreshing about having all the system
Steve Lamb> configuration in one place (/etc) and in a format that is easily
manipulated.
Steve Lamb> Tell me, Ali, what is so complex, obscure and obfuscated about a plain text
Steve Lamb> file that one of a dozen different editors can manipulate with instructions
Steve Lamb> that are leagues better than the "wizards" that are so prevalent now?
Steve Lamb> Nothing.
Steve Lamb> People who say that Unix (Esp. Linux) is hard have never used it and
don't
Steve Lamb> really grasp how hard Windows/Mac are nor the difference between "hard" and
Steve Lamb> "different."
I happen to run Linux as well, and if one hasnt used it recently then
Ali, you have no idea of current changes on the way. If all for the good of
Linux seems to cause some intriguing arguments but it seems that user
friendliness is attempted to be introduced.
It takes time to get accustomed to Linux after windows but once you
run it...
I have one box at home my kids use and sofar they havent caused me
ONE reinstall something I was forced to do every weekend with 95..
Anyway, I prefer an os like Linux where I have access to all data and
can change (and screw up (g)) what I want any time to windows which
hides it bugs behind so much crap its sometimes unbelievable.
And remember I was betatesting the 95/98...
reminds me, any chance for a linux version of the bat.....
Best regards,
tracer
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