"The vast majority of computer users--even professionals--want nothing to do with a command line."
This comment couldn't be more wrong. The author even professes himself as a Mac only user. I don't see how someone with such little experience with other platforms can make such a sweeping statement.
If the article had said, "The vast majority of computer users want nothing to do with a command line," I'd have to agree. Most users don't have much need for a command line or don't know how to use one. Although I think that if users knew how to use a GOOD command line interface (not DOS) they would find uses for it.
Some things are just plain easier and faster when done at the command line. The complexity of UNIX (and inherent power, I might add) and DOS as a really, really bad version of UNIX has given the command line a bad name.
Most universities across the country use UNIX as a teaching platform. Why? Because UNIX is a great under-the-hood type OS. Remove the command line from these systems and you've just dramatically increased the learning curve for future computer scientists.
I really hope that MacOS X comes with a good command line interface...
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"The vast majority of computer users--even professionals--want nothing to do with a command line."
This comment couldn't be more wrong. The author even professes himself as a Mac only user. I don't see how someone with such little experience with other platforms can make such a sweeping statement.
If the article had said, "The vast majority of computer users want nothing to do with a command line," I'd have to agree. Most users don't have much need for a command line or don't know how to use one. Although I think that if users knew how to use a GOOD command line interface (not DOS) they would find uses for it.
Some things are just plain easier and faster when done at the command line. The complexity of UNIX (and inherent power, I might add) and DOS as a really, really bad version of UNIX has given the command line a bad name.
Most universities across the country use UNIX as a teaching platform. Why? Because UNIX is a great under-the-hood type OS. Remove the command line from these systems and you've just dramatically increased the learning curve for future computer scientists.
I really hope that MacOS X comes with a good command line interface...