This is great. I almost avoided reading this because I thought it was going to be something along the lines of "everyone should really understand how computers

This is great. I almost avoided reading this because I thought it was going to be something along the lines of "everyone should really understand how computers work and using CLI allows people to understanding arguments, etc..." instead of "CLI is actually more similar to the way people think in many ways." Also, there is an interesting point here. Its not that graphics are bad, but that the CLI is a better starting point. This means (I think) that people should be happy pulling up GUIs from the command line. E.g. it might be easier to type vlc "My_Birthday_Part.avi" then opening vlc from the desktop and searching around for the file. If you think about its, not even very intuitive that you click "File --> Open" since most people don't think of the movie as a file. It's only a file in our (sorta wacky) jargon. <edit>Also, I don't want to "file an open" I want to "open a file."</edit> Finally, this might lead to a better UI design. Something graphical but sequential could be good for many people. Just random thoughts inspired by the article.