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Has the Command Line Outstayed Its Welcome?

Posted by samzenpus on from the time-to-go dept.

dgharmon writes "The Command Line Interface has its uses, acknowledged Mobile Raptor blogger Roberto Lim, but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via CLI, he says. Keep it as an option or you can take it out all together. 'If it is there, it should just be there for the IT people or tech support to use when you encounter a problem.'"

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  1. Re:Do not post replies. by Cow+Jones · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Agree.

    Just for the record, "acknowledged Mobile Raptor blogger Roberto Lim" = Roblimo (357), former Slashdot editor.

    TFA follows the same scheme as many recent Slashdot submissions - ask an inflammatory question (to which to answer is usually "no") to generate page views and a heated discussion. I read (part of) TFA, and the only thing it does is present some pros and some cons and leave the question open.

    In summary, nothing to see here, move along.

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