Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 14:17:19 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Training wheels for commandline (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <20120705141719.0fa97268@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgkc2KYY_6iHsF8AzC8ba9-hPHAHdN85fQmfwxUU3-Hhpw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <20120705082857.GB37083@server.rulingia.com> <4FF55864.8040807@FreeBSD.org> <201207051215.44799.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <CADLo83_Br6qM1sKu_rWbhExveYiQs4ZWJVNozwZzb%2BDB=PMvsg@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgkc2KYY_6iHsF8AzC8ba9-hPHAHdN85fQmfwxUU3-Hhpw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 11:08:36 -0700
Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:
> The system should be optimized for new users by default. Whether this
> means enabling or disabling a feature is feature-specific.
This is *not* what Unix has historically been. Historically, Unix has
a history of being "expert-friendly" - because people are experts a
lot longer than they are new users.
If you want a Unix optimized to attract new users, there's Ubuntu. If
you want a system built that way, there's Windows.
The system should be optimized for experts. The environment that new
users are placed in can be optimized for them.
<mike
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