Re: Linux alternative to m$ abscess?

From: Sean (not.givens_at_spam_not2018.org)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:09:30 -0400

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 21:32:36 -0300, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:

> I've offered to install SuSE Linux Pro for a colleague as a cure for
> the ills that windoze is heir to. He has a RYO application for
> cataloging his books, and is considering redoing it in m$ abscess.
> I've tried to convince him to use an open source DBMS instead, but he
> wants a GUI for administering the data base and for developing the
> application. Please don't ask me why he wants a GUI; I don't see the
> point to it, but he's adamant.

With all due respect you need to get with the program.
Do you drive a car with a crank that needs to be hand turned to start it?
Do you cook all your meals over an open fire?
Do you have to salt all your meat so it doesn't spoil?
Do you fetch water via bucket out of a well?
Does your house use candles?
Do you take a horse an buggy 15 miles to market?

People who think like you are going to hold Linux back and perpetuate the
myth that Linux only works with a command line.

Maybe you think you are a superior being by virtue of your highly skilled
cli abilities.
I'll give you a hint, you are a dinosaur.
And yes the CLI has it's advantages, but the earth is moving toward the
gui and you had better move with it or you will be extinct.

I use cli and gui as well but I don't have the supercillious, better than
thou attitude that you seem to have.

Educate yourself in the real world and then come back.
Sean

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