Well I wrote the article, and I did not really think of the GUI using system resources. You see, in our case the biggest resource hog is the MSSQL server, and

Well I wrote the article, and I did not really think of the GUI using system resources. You see, in our case the biggest resource hog is the MSSQL server, and we have quite a few people who have a windows only background and need the Gui in order to do their daily tasks - like add pages to IISAdmin. If I could do away with the GUI I would, but in this case it is a real necessity to administrating the system, and the other drawback is as a reply below noted - it is either all or nothing. Without the GUI you would not be able to use IISadmin properly, not be able to read and diagnose system logs or even administer DNS.