??? 03/27/08 16:28 Read: times |
#152619 - Not (entirely) true Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard Erlacher said:
The reason people pay lots of $$$ for a Windows-based product is because they're too dumb, or too lazy, to learn how to use the free tools. Not at all! After all, there are plenty of free GUI-based tools, and even free tools for Windows (including SDCC, of course) In very many cases, a command line is a very cumbersome and difficult-to-use thing - it's just not the natural way that people work. When you go into a shop, they don't insist that you quote the stock number before they'll serve you - you can just point and say, "one of those, please" A GUI models that approach. In many ways, a GUI is a far more convenient approach - and it's a convenience that's worth paying for. Of course, a GUI is not suited to every task, and fear of the command-line will certainly hamper you. As ever, it's a case of knowing all the options - and picking the most suitable one to the specific task at hand. |