Indeed, that's the way it should be. Would you buy an item that's
never been reviewed or advertised? The only problem is that there's
a tradeoff between product quality and marketing quality most of the
time.
Back to GUIs, I think that a GUI is very useful for some things.
For example, let's say I want to look at the files in a directory
and copy five certain ones. It's easiest to do with a GUI. Graphical
software can use either. AutoCAD had a CLI up to the latest version,
not sure if they took it out. It was a Command-line drafting program,
usable very efficiently. Only now have they jumped on the Windows
buttons-pop-up-when-mouse-moves nonsense. One GUI I really appreciate
is the early Mac GUI, for being almost as simple and clear as a CLI.
That was really a user-friendly computer. But the lessons of PARC and
early Apple were forgotten and turned into a who-can-make-the-nicest-
3d-menu competition.
>Oh, I disagree.
>
>> If anything, Sony had better marketing. Many people continued to
refer
>> to VCRs in general as "Betamax" even into the mid-80s. It is widely
>> believed (but of course unproven) that VHS was preferred due to the
>> longer recording time per tape. JVC rarely even mentioned this
feature
>> in advertising.
>
>M-A-R-K-E-T-I-N-G
>
>Mac vs. Windows - who won? Microsoft. Why? Marketing.
>
>PowerPC vs. Pentium - who won? Intel. Why? Marketing.
>
>Those are simply two of the most obvious examples.
>
>Anyway, sorry for the rambling. But I hope you see my point. The
>majority of people buy stuff because a disembodied voice on TV or a
>caption in a magazine compels them to. The majority of the people
buying
>into your propaganda (marketing) is what it takes to make a successful
>product. I could sell dogshit if I marketed it right.
>
>Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar_at_siconic.com
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>
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