:LinuxPlanet: Rant Mode Equals One: The Mighty Fine (Command) Line
LinuxPlanet: Rant Mode Equals One: The Mighty Fine (Command) Line Feb 15, 2000, 16 :44 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (6765 reads) (Other stories by Paul Ferris)
"This article goes straight to the heart of
the matter of Command Line versus Graphic User Interface (CLI vs GUI). This is a sensitive subject, and my view of it is
subjectively on the sensitive side: I explain why at least one command line user, myself, feels so strongly about the matter."
"It's not intended to sell anything to anybody, or convince the people who are sitting on the fence to jump over into command line
land -- it's preaching to the choir -- and if it's not that it's yelling at the top of the lungs in anger. It's not the best form of
advocacy. Rather, it's about as far in the opposite direction from good Linux advocacy as you can get...."
"I'm going to do something not so surprising to the people that know me personally. I'm going to defend it. I'm not ashamed of it, I
actually like Linux's arcane command line. As a matter of fact, it's one of those crazy things that make Linux and any flavor of UNIX
better than any operating system from the lamers in Redmond."
