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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Newsgroups: comp.misc
- Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was - Re: About the 'F' in RTFM)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.202539.17840@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 20:25:39 GMT
- Article-I.D.: mksol.1992Sep1.202539.17840
- References: <1992Aug27.020832.23988@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Aug27.192610.12441@wixer.cactus.org> <1992Aug28.005710.1989@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Aug28.172029.22760@news.eng.convex.com> <1992Aug28.183824.110@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- In <1992Aug28.183824.110@newshost.lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
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- >In article <1992Aug28.172029.22760@news.eng.convex.com>, Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM> writes:
- >|> [...]
- >|> Mr. Giles apparently also labors under the misconception that a GUI
- >|> is inherently a good thing. They're not. In fact, poor GUIs are
- >|> a significant step backwards in both ease-of-use and modular software
- >|> technologies in general.
-
- >No, I was arguing against someone who was claiming that the bundled
- >UNIX environment was universally easier and more powerful than the
- >alternatives. For many applications, GUI *are* better - so they are
- >a counterexample to the claims I was responding to.
-
- No, you weren't, Jim. You were arguing against someone who declined
- to buy your repeated foolish claims that an operating system and
- language which are used productively by hundreds of thousands of
- people every day are totally useless and should be dumped for some
- as yet to be named alternatives that are more powerful, easier to use,
- and provide all the capabilities that people want.
-
- We're still waiting, Jim.
-
-
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