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what's wrong with a GUI?: msg#00240

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Subject: what's wrong with a GUI?


This is a related topic to my source control post. Plus I've been
playing with Linux. The two together have made me wonder:

Why are programmers afraid of GUIs? Linux especially. In some respects
the Linux GUI is better than windows. But to install a program you have
to go to the command line 9 times out of 10. Why? This is silly. People
think Linux can compete with Windows? Not for 95% of people in the
world. How many typical computer users even know how to get the command
line in Windows?

I'm sure this will change, but I think there is an underlying ethos in
Linux that won't let developers give up that command line. There seems
to be a feeling that if you don't use the command line you aren't a real
programmer or something.

-- Justin







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