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From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Why even use Windows x.xx?
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Date: 13 Apr 91 00:00:36 GMT
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In article <10960@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes:
>   Maybe I missed the boat somewhere, but what is so great about windows
>anyhow?  What does it get me that I already can't get with reasonable command
>shell, a good editor and a few good UNIX-like utilities?

In article <1077@hrshcx.csd.harris.com> steved@hrshcx.csd.harris.com (Steve Daukas) writes:
>I personally like having folders.  For me, it makes it easier to find
>things that I havn't worked on for a few years - I don't have to remember
>what sub-sub-sub-subdirectory it might be in.  Its more like my file 
>cabenet or my desk.

This is actually one of the things I had in mind when asking the question.
The find command, or even better, piping ls -R through grep would give you that
kind of utility and a bit more.  I use that all the time on my PC.

>I don't mind because I still have access to the command line, and I can take
>advantage of those features of the GUI that are useful to me.

I played around with Amiga Workbench for a while (which Windows appears to be
practically the same thing as), but basically had to go to the command line
interface, when it started becoming apparent that the windows were getting in
the way of actually talking to the machine.  It felt like wearing a hood with
a window-shaped viewer in the front while talking to another person, and it
really wears down on your productivity.  I use the multi-tasking ability of
the machine, but rarely in the windows environment.