On Thursday 01 October 2009 22:45:01 Mike McMullin wrote:
Don't they realize that IF MY BATTERY DIES I WON'T BE ABLE TO START MY CAR
Only true if you have an automatic transmission, you can actually push start a manual, automatic as well, but not by hand, unlike the manual.
..not push start by hand....what do you push with then?
Because they liked "New Coke"?
New coke was marketing, not engineering. Coke itself was engineering, when they wanted the same taste but without the cocaine
Which is to say, not all change actually makes sense, or dollars in that case.
How about understanding my point: functionality improves, and sometimes it's worth throwing out the old way of doing things In the case of ifconfig/ip, the comment about inexperienced users just makes me laugh. Those users don't use command lines at all, so it's just a non- argument. In fact, linux frequently gets made fun of by users of MS and Apple for forcing people to use the command line (which of course is not true - there are GUI applications that present the exact same info) The semi-experienced people who do at times use the command line, well, they will have to learn something new. It happens from time to time, it's not the first time and it won't be the last. The experienced people appreciate ip, because it allows them to do much more. Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org