[dayglored]

>> Who wants to use programming language when all you have to do with Windows is click on an icon.

> Did you leave off the "/sarc" tag?

I don't think so. Anyone who calls Linux a "programming language", instead of an "operating system", or more properly a "kernel" (we won't get into "GNU/Linux"), probably is better suited to clicking icons, and that's fine.

We can be elitists all we want, but in sheer numbers the world runs Windows, and will until the alternatives (Mac OS-X, Linux, etc.) pick up more of a following.

On the other hand, I have hopes that after Microsoft finally admits that Vista (a.k.a. "NT6") is a total crock, and gives up on the ancient, creaking NT codebase, they do what Apple did and adopt a real operating system (a.k.a. BSD Unix) as the basis for their next product line.

[freedumb2003]

I don't think so. Anyone who calls Linux a "programming language", instead of an "operating system", or more properly a "kernel" (we won't get into "GNU/Linux"), probably is better suited to clicking icons, and that's fine.

Good point. If I don't want to install a new langiage interpreter/compiler (does anthing compile or assemble these days?) I prefer ksh over DOS Commands, I'll tell you that.

But if I can only click icons, then I try to have Donald Trump's face so I can hope to get rich.