Windows Refund day - reaction

[lark at world.std.com (Lar Kaufman)]

> As a result, we are seeing some W95isms in newer Unix software.  This
> might  actually  be unfortunate, because think of how much better off
> we'd be if the UI ideas had been borrowed from the Mac instead.
But then we'd be borrowing Mac ideas which were borrowed from Xerox
PARC ideas which were developed on Unix (OK, and LISP machine) systems...
I think the current Xerox PARC disparagement of WIMP approaches is 
valid, and I'm just thrilled I can keep a command line interface while
looking forward to integrating text-to-voice and voice-command and 
video etc. to my Linux.

 -lar
"Nay, even the sins of lying and perjury are nowhere punishable by laws; unless
in certain cases, in which the real turpitude of the thing and the offense 
against God are not considered, but only the injury done unto men's neighbours
and to the commonwealth." - John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689)