Linked by Greg Afinogenov on Wed 3rd Sep 2003 07:19 UTC
It is not fashionable nowadays to speak of the merits of the command line, in an age where things like streaming video and Aqua are an integral part of our daily life. However, I do not think that typed-in commands must necessarily be consigned to the dustbin of computer history. Of course, I am not suggesting that we all drop X and Windows and pretend like we are living in the early eighties. The command line interface still has much to offer us, and many of its benefits simply cannot physically be emulated or even replaced by graphical ones.
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you said to start building systems that don't need the CLI. well, i hope this system doesn't need a system administrator
I'm of the opinion that far too many systems are designed from the outset to require a low/high level systems administrator when better design might do away with the role. Let's spend less time managing and more time doing.
So while there's room on both sides to grow, I think Charles E Hardwidge is right on the money in his comment about moving towards systems that don't need the CLI. It's the next evolutionary step in shell programming.
I'll name it CLICK! Command Line Interface Concept Killer!