RotoReuters News Service - May 31, 2004
At the recently concluded conference on why computer users seem to
recklessly prefer Graphical User Interfaces over the more robust command
line, the final press release said simply "We think people should stop
using Microsoft products, except MS-DOS of course. <enter>"
"There's nothing you can do with a GUI that you can't do with a command
prompt, except for posting pictures of naked wimmen" said the highly
acclaimed prompt commando, Efdisk Deltree. "Even there, there's
exceptions. And what you gain in gaudy colors you lose in system
resources. With my 286 IBM and a 300 baud modem, I can join the millions
of users around the world in the communal ritual known simply as 'The
Internet'. <enter>"
The advantages of slimmed down operating systems and lower cost hardware
requirements are apparently drawing users from around the world, mostly
within a single block distance from the local Goodwill stores <reboot>.
Deltree went on to say "Why would anybody spend $140 on WindowsXP when
DOS can be downloaded from warez sites for free? Why indeed would
anybody download Linux when it might take 5-6 months to download on a
300 baud modem when you can get DOS out of almost any dumpster in town?
<pause/break>"
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The advancement of technology can't be slowed down. It can only be
attenuated.
