GUIs 'forced' on people (was Re: Here's something to consider.)

< > interfaces. Most of those same people are running GUIs now. And ther < > evidence that the GUIs were forced on them. First off the early GUI interfaces were pretty primitive and deserved a sneer. The GUI interface we know and love is far more powerful than the originals with the ability to manipulate data and objects. < The original posting claimed that if Apple hadn't been successful, we < wouldn't be running GUIs. This is absurd; Microsoft was aware of the Xe < work before Apple developed the Lisa, and had in fact hired some ex-Xero < people. Windows might have been released later, but it still would hav < happened. And if Microsoft hadn't done it, someone else would have. Since DRI was doing a GUI interface for CPM someone would have. Allison