Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!motcsd!mcdcup!mcdhup!mcdchg!tellab5!balr!clrcom!rmartin From: rmartin@clear.com (Bob Martin) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Speed versus whatever (vi versus Nisus; Unix versus Macintosh) Message-ID: <1991Jan9.171318.22379@clear.com> Date: 9 Jan 91 17:13:18 GMT References: <5966@stpstn.UUCP> <1991Jan4.225943.540@tc.fluke.COM> Organization: Clear Communications, Inc. Lines: 28 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >So, what would happen if a company built a computer that used Unix, >then added a GUI comparable to that of the Macintosh, and to top it >off, they did all the tedious user interface work for the software >developer? > >I think the next few years should prove to be an interesting time for >software developers. > >-Mike I think the next few years will prove very interesting for the software industry. But I am not sure what you are getting at. Will a non-technical organization _ever_ be able to put a Unix machine on a secretaries desk. Can Unix machines be sold to housewives and high school students in relative bulk. Even if a company did what you suggest (and a few have or course) Unix remains far far to complex a management and support problem for the personal or non-technical professional user. -- +-Robert C. Martin-----+:RRR:::CCC:M:::::M:| Nobody is responsible for | | rmartin@clear.com |:R::R:C::::M:M:M:M:| my words but me. I want | | uunet!clrcom!rmartin |:RRR::C::::M::M::M:| all the credit, and all | +----------------------+:R::R::CCC:M:::::M:| the blame. So there. |