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From: keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3 criticism
Message-ID: <4297@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 90 06:59:32 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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Gerry@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
>
>In article <qFuLP5w162w@zooid.UUCP> dve@zooid.UUCP (David Mason) writes:
>
>   I can't understand people like John Dvorak at all. He seems to be a total
>   opponent to Windows. Do these people not see that Windows is much more
>   effective and powerful than straight DOS?
>
>This is never the case and never will be the case when you compare a
>toy operating environment (Windows 3, Mac, NeXT) to a command line
>oriented interface (DOS, UNIX).  Now, don't get me wrong, DOS sucks
>rocks and is horribly broken, but the ability to do things at the C:>
>far exceeds any point and click ability.

This would be absolutely true, except that under Windows 3.0 (in 386 mode)
and OS2 PM, you can open command line windows.  These come in very handy
when you are trying to do more than one thing at once.

>And the reason is quite simply this.  The folks who design the point
>and click have some operating paradigm in mind when they write there
>environment.  If you wish to do anything they didn't think of, you're
>SOL.  Futhermore, these point and click environments are geared
>towards novices, so that nayone canuse a computer.  This tends to
>force everyone to a level of mediocrtiy as opposed to leting truly
>knowledgable individuals soar to heights of excellence.

This only makes it fun...  Rather than user ready-made applications,
build your own.  :^) :^) :^)  (Actually, this is something I'd like to
do, except for the prohibitive costs of the SDK and MSC...  Anyone
want to donate to the "Get John a Language" fund?  :^)

>The only thing that Windows has to offer the DOS world is
>multitasking.  Now, if only DOS with wither away and die, to be
>replaced by UNIX, then the world would be a much better place.

Actually, I wouldn't mind if OS2 took DOS's place.  (Still hate those pesky
backslash directories, though...)
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