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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:54:22 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        stuart@internationalschool.co.uk
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: salesman is thinking.....
Message-ID:  <199804232054.PAA01698@darkstar.connect.com>
In-Reply-To: <353F2D74.6FDFE67D@internationalschool.co.uk>

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On 23 Apr, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> Stefanos Kiakas wrote:
>> 
>>         We should not compete with GUI, but it should be possible to
>> perform minimal tasks with a GUI tool.
>> 
>> >> I agree. I only suggested setting up a 'port-driven' GUI/Personal
>> >> Station because I thought it would be a quick (read minimum effort)
>> >> answer to the PC wannatryit's we get queries from. I _like_ the 
>> >> CLI, although I'm for 18 years a programmer. 
> 
>>         How is placing a GUI tool as a front end destroying BSD? Take 
>> for example adduser on FreeBSD 2.2.5. 
> 
> etc. etc.
> http://www.caldera.com/coas/ seems to have some very good ideas.
> 
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I agree.  The above mentioned Coas project is a good idea for those of
us that are tired of the evil empire's OS and desire to try something
different, whether FreeBSD or Linux.  In some quadrants this is viewed
as the dumbing down of UNIX.  That is not necessarily the case.  Not all
users have the time required to learn all the insides of administering
an operating system.  They simply need an OS that will allow them to get
their jobs done, and not become a systems admin.  Not every user has the
capability to develop the skills to admin an OS in detail.

If M$ is the real enemy, and given the fact that most users are not
capable of system admin skills, then at least offering the option of an
easier to use user interface makes good sense.  This is no way
represents the dumbing down of anything.  It is simply an issue of
accessability that will attract the new user.  The way things stand,
most people are scared to hell of UNIX because of its reputation of
being hard to use.

Frank

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