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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No offense but not everyone wants to run graphics mode, and not everyone needs a pacifier^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hmouse to get their job done. Lets face it there are tons of applications out there that lack useful keybindings ( EI: UNIX realplayer ), and reaching out to search for a mouse can really be a time killer. The only way that anyone could ever hope to replace/kill the CLI is by allowing users to maximize their effeciency without touching a mouse. Even so a GUI still has a high over head that alot of system admins don't need( or want ), a CLI is a saner choice for servers, programming, and file management. Just some thoughts.