16 Sep
1998
16 Sep
'98
9:14 a.m.
It was thus said that the Great Eric Smith once stated:
Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com> wrote:
For non-repetative interactive work, GUIs tend to be better, but once you
need to do something that's repetative, then the scripting or batch ability
of CLIs become better.
Or it could mean that good marketing led them in
that direction. Just
because people take to one technology over another does not mean its
necessarily better. Take VHS vs. Beta for instance. Some technologies
are better for some things. GUI was not a cure all, but a major
I *NEVER* said that GUI was better. I said that GUIs became popular because
people liked them, not because (as someone else claimed) Apple forced it
down their throats. And the reason that consumers preferred it was not
that VHS had better
marketing. If anything, Sony had better marketing. Many people continued
to refer to VCRs in general as "Betamax" even into the mid-80s. It is
widely believed (but of course unproven) that VHS was preferred due to the
longer recording time per tape. JVC rarely even mentioned this feature
in advertising.
Nope. Porn. Sony would not allow the adult film industry the liceses
required to produce Betamax tapes. The adult film industry could, however,
get VHS licenses that that probably drove customer demand for VHS over
Betamax. At least that's the story I heard.
-spc (Two things drive technology: Sex and war 8-)