From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 06:23:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE69316A41C for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:23:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DB5D43D48 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:23:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id j5R6Orb51132; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:24:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Nikolas Britton" , Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:23:45 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: freebsd as the basis for something better? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:23:58 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nikolas Britton >Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:10 PM >To: el-sino@hushmail.com >Cc: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: freebsd as the basis for something better? > >> a project where real unix would meet real life, or where open >> source would meet open minds -- would have to make unix more human- >> oriented rather than machine-oriented. and in addition to bringing >> order to the chaos that was laid as the foundation for all unix >> variants decades ago, it should also deal with new ways of >> interacting with unix visually. for instance, in ways more >> convenient than x, and its conventional graphical user interfaces >> (though these won't go away any time soon). > >UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are. >New gui tools are needed. lets bring the CLI tools to the GUI, like >pipes, redirects, etc. some of apples ideas are nice aka NeXTSTEP. Why >are we trying to emulate windows when mircosoft just steals it's >idea's from apple? lets cut the middle man out. BeOS was cool too. > Ahhhh!!!!! Why are you guys still beating the GUI interface? That is so 70's computing technology. The real next generation OS will be voice command. Until then it's just more Window dressing. It's like the Emperor's new clothes - the little boy said "Computer please get me a drink of water" and the crowd was amazed when the $64,000 OS stacked to the ceiling with GUI just sat there lifeless and dumb. Ted