[CLUE-Tech] Re:/cli/suks

[Cyberclops]

Personally I hope OS X is a success and Apple has brains enough to port
it to budget clone PC's like the ones I use.  I have a PowerPC 6100, but
I don't use it at all, and I'm not going to buy an overpriced
proprietary plastic box without an internal  diskette drive.

Kevin Cullis wrote:
> 
> You're absolutely correct, Linun/UNIX may NOT be for the home user
> because it hand holds them and takes care of msot everything that is
> needed.  However, as a former Mac user it wasn't until someone SHOWED me
> what I could do with Linux AND I had a project which I NEED to do that
> has given me the potential of accomplishing my task at hand and the
> power which is available. For example, Mac OS X is begin released
> Saturday, March 24th, and it is truly BSD UNIX with a CLI in a window.
> I talked with an ISP yesterday and he stated that ALL of the UNIX users
> he knows are drooling over OS X BECAUSE of what it offers, UNIX power
> with a fantastic GUI: i.e. the best of both worlds.
> 
> As far as intuitive, I'd agree that the CLI is not.  But from my
> perspective, I like both and each has their place in my toolbox to
> accomplish what I need. Yes, Linux has a way to go to make the GUI
> easier and more intuitive, but things are progressing in that
> direction.  The sad part is that most Linux/UNIX users should encourage
> GUI development to match the Macs GUI but don't.  For those system
> adminstrators, how would like to administer Macs via UNIX in Mac OS X
> and the users all use the GUI in their day to day job?  That's why I
> think Apple is on the verge of hitting a home run with OS X because of
> what it offers: UNIX administration and GUI ease of use.  Now imagine
> it's three years down the road and I've purchased OS X for my home.  I
> want to do some heavy editing with a CLI, I now can do that while up to
> today, it would have been very difficult to do.
> 
> We can't stop progress, but it doesn move at a snails pace sometimes.
> 
> Kevin