Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!microsoft!sunni From: sunni@microsoft.UUCP (Sunni ROGERS) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Windows 3 criticism Message-ID: <57914@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 90 22:22:05 GMT References: <4297@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Reply-To: sunni@microsoft.UUCP (Sunni ROGERS) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 35 In article <4297@rex.cs.tulane.edu> keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating) writes: >Gerry@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes: >> >>In article 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. > I think this guy suffers from the "Real Men don't use Menus" complex. You are limited at the C:> to how many parameters (documented or not) you can remember. At least in Windows it's self explanatory. I think maybe you are just intimidated by the fact that there will be people who can use computers and won't have to have you there telling them what to type in and thinkg that you're a genius because you can remeber every damn backslash, parameter and directory name. Sunni +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer: I don't speak for Bill or anyone else. ;) | +-------------------------------------------------------------+