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The trend of 'surface won't suffice! I need a workstation to get real work done!' reminds me of 'a UI won't suffice! I need a command line to get real work do
by yawgmoth 14y ago
The trend of 'surface won't suffice! I need a workstation to get real work done!' reminds me of 'a UI won't suffice! I need a command line to get real work done!'.
- tikhonj 14y agoAnd, for the people making that claim, this is still true. I certainly wouldn't be nearly as productive if I only had my GUI tools and could not use Bash, after all! I don't understand why people assume that just because CLIs are older and less popular they are also necessarily worse: they really aren't.
- lmm 14y agoYou say that like it's not true. I've never met a decent developer who runs windows, and the obvious explanation is that its command line is still hopelessly inadequate.
- yawgmoth 14y agoNo, the obvious explanation is that you haven't met many Windows devs. There are many talented .NET developers.
- el_presidente 14y agoIf the stylus is good enough I can see people who use Photoshop or AutoCAD replacing their laptop/desktop with a tablet. I just don't see how a tablet would be an improvement for working with something like a spreadsheet.