I have trouble taking this complaint seriously. If the platform's interface paradigm is such a hinderance just sheild them from it as much as possible by provid

I have trouble taking this complaint seriously. If the platform's interface paradigm is such a hinderance just sheild them from it as much as possible by providing pre-configured environments or use a different platform. There is tremendous value in knowing how the command line work, how the systems work and how they are configured whether you are talking about Unix, Windows, AS/400 or whatever. If you skip this, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.