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The two high-tech diagrams below are result of an email conversation a few days ago.
Do we really care about GUIs?
GUI
^ . <-- Am I supposed to type
| . the 123141241 data sets
| . by hand? FU!
| .
"Price" | .
of | .
getting | .
things | .
done | .
|. <-- I can type URLs in Google and it still works.
+------------------------>
Novice <-- User --> Expert
non-GUI/commandline
^. <-- how do I exit 'vi'? FU!
| .
| .
| .
"Price" | .
of | .
getting | .
things | .
done | .
| . <-- I replaced you with a
+------------------------> oneliner in Perl
Novice <-- User --> Expert