Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!nosc!logicon.com!trantor.harris-atd.com!trantor!chuck From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Why do so many "great" people dislike X? Message-ID: <4292@trantor.harris-atd.com> Date: 10 Sep 90 19:27:49 GMT References: <9009071813.AA04208@islanders.> Sender: news@trantor.harris-atd.com Reply-To: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) Organization: Advanced Technology Dept, Harris Corp, Melbourne, FL Lines: 22 I know that many people are initially discouraged from using X by the massive learning curve hit you take trying to use it. I would love to see cleaner interfaces to low level functions to make X easier to understand for neophytes. I understand the creeping featurism that evolves in a system whose motto is X: Tools, not Rules Therefore, might I suggest a better one? To whit: X: Confusion, not Collusion -- Chuck Musciano ARPA : chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com Harris Corporation Usenet: ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!chuck PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 AT&T : (407) 727-6131 Melbourne, FL 32902 FAX : (407) 729-2537 A good newspaper is never good enough, but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever. -- Garrison Keillor