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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!blaw From: blaw@indirect.com (Robert Law) Subject: Re: the NT-unix-argument!!! Message-ID: <D1FMyL.20G@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (System Operator) Organization: Internet Direct, indirect.com Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 19:18:21 GMT References: <3dg9f1$jaj@news.usis.com> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2.1 [BP] PL2.1] Lines: 30 fred@hellhole wrote: : The ultimate evolution of an operating system is an integrated graphical user interface. NT was written this way from the bottom : up, not as an add-on. (I wont name any names, including windows 3.1!!!) NT comes with lots of features all built in. : NT has a large company to support thier product, and gee whiz- you can go to the store down the street and buy more : programs to run on it!!!! NT is just plain practical compared to the other OS solutions available, and technical issues : aside, ease of use is VERY VERY important in the real world people!!! : can you dig it??? : fred!! There may or may now be an ultimate evolution of an operating system. But a graphical user interface? That may be good for graphic oriented tasks such as cad cam or WYSIWYG word processors, but I have noticed that most computing professionals prefer to use the command line, be it dos, *nix, or even OS/400. Notice that *nix with Graphical Interfaces, OS/2, and Windows NT have not taken off in the mass market. My opinion is that these more "complete" operating systems (as compared to dos and Windows 3.1) are becoming too complicated and intimidating for the casual user to use and maintain. What we are seeing here is a barrier that the non technical user has towards learning technical things, and until it is essential for there daily life to use an advanced operating system, they won't. How many vcrs are still blinking 12:00? ;-) blaw@indirect.com