"Gary Sielaff" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> I disagree.. The only thing GUI does is slow things down and make
> the things that happen in the background, more complicated.  "Pretty"
> is not going to sell the 3k.
> JMO
> Gary
>
I don't know about slowing things down. I do know that there are a lot of
very clever character mode applications out there that do things that a GUI
couldn't (or shouldn't) come close to.

The bottom line is that most IT decision makers *expect* a GUI, rightly or
wrongly. Also, many users these days have only known GUI, see the college
freshman thread of the last week or so.

Just my 2 cents worth

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Mark Undrill
www.screenjet.com