Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 17:04:13 -0400 From: "Andrew I. Arbuckle" <aiarbuckle@naxs.com> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> Cc: stuart@internationalschool.co.uk, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: salesman is thinking..... Message-ID: <353FACCD.B2F140F6@naxs.com> References: <199804232054.PAA01698@darkstar.connect.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
It might not hurt to remember that Bill Gates did not become the richest man in the world by guessing wrong at what was needed in an OS for the general publics use! Frank Pawlak wrote: > > 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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > 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 > > -- > > ----------------------------- > > "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his > thumb with a hammer." > > -- Marshall Lumsden > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?353FACCD.B2F140F6>