Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Mark R. Lindsey
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 20:19

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Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes:
>hotelca-0108952347170001@192.0.2.1> hotelca@cris.com (Hotel California) writes:
>>Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>>> >       2. You had a very good UNIX tutorial book
>>> 
>>> This is the true one.
>>
>>So, you did read a manual.  I knew you had to.  

>Yes, it takes longer to learn how to use a power tool than a toy tool,
>but this doesn't mean that the toy tool is superior to the power tool.
>It just happens that for some people the power tool is not an option at
>all, so they have to use the toy tool.

Don't confuse computer science with interface theory. It just so happens that
many `easy' interfaces are fitted on relatively uncapable platforms, and
to use CPU time on the interface is to have to wait to actually do the real
work

Solving that is what client/server strategies are all about. One interface is
good for one person (based on their experience -- maybe they've been using mice
since Xerox PARC started), another interface is good or another person (can 
she type 150 words/minute (must be a Dvorak user ;)).
-- 
Mark R. Lindsey [][] Linux International's Consultants Directory Project
mark@eskimo.com [][] Mark.Lindsey@li.org          ars longa, vita brevis

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