Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:33:38 -0800 From: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? Message-ID: <AANLkTindYx0tEAtDRGwHyaf-9Xf0w51BPkE7P3dJoHmU@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101112200653.9929e115.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com> <AANLkTi=KNcjf6bo52=D9ioh7c8Fu%2BTHOzusvEdA_KRt6@mail.gmail.com> <20101112011934.GC35128@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTi=E7oow_Ej6Fgm6%2BqWJ%2B_Azse4VFsjUoQoKMLv_@mail.gmail.com> <20101112200653.9929e115.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:06, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:21:51 -0800, Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> wrote: >> I'm not saying the CLI is universally bad - if you gain competence >> with a set of programs that you use frequently, it can be very >> efficient. It does make it hard to enter a new area, though - you've >> got to learn some before you can do anything. > > When entering WHICH field new to you this is different? > > Repeat after me: Computers. Are. Not. Easy. :-) None - but people don't feel like they are entering a new field. Everyone uses computers - public schools have spent massive amounts of money to start kids using computers at 5 or 6 years old, if they haven't already at home. So the discussion isn't framed as learning something new - its "why should we change the way everyone has been working for years?" To use a US example, you see the same thing with the SI/metric system. Scientists and other technical people use it almost universally without issue (except for some oddities, PSI is somewhat popular) - it is better for real/serious work, but the general public doesn't see it as new or valuable - its just a stupid change in the way everything has always been done. -- Rob Farmer
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