On 10/10/2011 12:25 AM, Geoffrey Reed wrote:
How,
exactly, is running something in a web browser "more versatile"
than running a purpose-built app with a GUI? WTF?
I'm a command line guy, but I do use GUIs for some stuff. I don't
WANT to install the Veritas NetBackup client on my desktop workstation,
though, for example. I run it on the big Sun downstairs, and display it
up here.
Dunno, but I CAN tell you that rsync, cp or mv at the command line is a hell
of a lot faster than drag and drop copy in OSX finder.... Or on whichever
the current solaris default GUI
Of course. But DON'T paint me as a GUI guy...Toby doesn't know me,
but YOU do. I use them when they're a better interface (NetBackup), and
I don't when they're not (manipulating files in almost any way).
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA