GUIs 'forced' on people (was Re: Here's something to

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Thu Sep 17 12:15:30 1998

> > [Need GUI to cut and paste]
> >
> > Nope, wrong again. Linux + gpm.

But a GUI sure makes thing a great deal easier. I have to deal with things
that do not talk like a DOS, Windows, Unix, whatever box - typically Cisco
routers and a slew of different types of CSUs. If I had to use a single
screen of text to move configurations between machines, I would go nuts!
When I copy access lists, interface configurations, etc., I thank the
people that made GUIs popular. It does not matter if I am using a
Thinkpad, an old XTerm, or an Ultra - when the clock is ticking on a
maintenance window, I can use anything that makes life easier.

> It wasn't that long ago we were all using our mice to cut and paste in
> DOS applications I beleive...

And that was not too bad - as long as you had one document to deal with.
What about developing a good sized application in C? Having separate
windows for different chunks of code is very nice.

Yes folks, technology marches on, and generally gets better...

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Thu Sep 17 1998 - 12:15:30 BST