This is what I was saying (or trying to say) in my original msg. about
pretty not selling the 3k.  The payroll clerk who has to enter 250 plus
time sheets every two weeks (right or wrong and I am not debating this)
doesn't give a hoot about pretty or GUI or what ever you want to call
it.  She just wants to get the time entered.
Short on reteric(sp)
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Undrill <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] More Powerful and Prettier


> "Gary Sielaff" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
> news:39995897$1_1@skycache-news.fidnet.com...
> > 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
>
> --
> Mark Undrill
> www.screenjet.com