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:ZDNet: The Linux Killer Application (Beta 2?)
ZDNet: The Linux Killer Application (Beta 2?)
Oct 14, 2005, 02 :30 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (12136 reads)

(Other stories by Paul Murphy)

" In the particular case of my September 27th blog 'The Linux killer application' I have to admit that even George Ou, who delights in telling me his version of the brutal truth at every opportunity, got it right when he said nobody understood what I was getting at.

"So, herewith, another run at it -

"The basic proposition: if there's a proven GUI tool, it's silly not to use it..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
From the article ...But, of course, ther ...   cygwin? Hummingbird?   
Mike Rasmusson
Oct 14, 2005, 14:30:04
 
I love cli (Command Line Interface) but  ...   Oi, why are we talking about this!   
Mike
Oct 14, 2005, 15:21:04
 
It's not Paul that's misundersto ...   Don't bother clicking on to the article...   
Svartalf
Oct 14, 2005, 16:34:49
 
Paul Murphy once again plumbs the depths ...   Silly Arguments from a Silly Man   
lord vader
Oct 14, 2005, 17:15:44
 
I manage servers all over the world and  ...   Command Line is a strength   
rm
Oct 14, 2005, 18:56:12
 
The tired CLI versus GUI arguments are i ...   Re: Silly Arguments from a Silly Man   
Hyper L
Oct 14, 2005, 19:18:43
 
For me the killer app is the whole packa ...   Killer app...   
phil
Oct 14, 2005, 21:04:36
 
Trying to use a GUI to administer a comp ...   GUI failings   
Karl O. Pinc
Oct 15, 2005, 00:46:08
 
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