In alt.os.linux.slackware Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com> wrote:

> Although there is a perception that GUI-based configuration
> programs are inferior, they don't have to be.

The perception is that gui based programs are better. That
perception is fueled by the fact that they usually are.

> It's just that making a GIU-based configuration program that
> doesn't suck is harder than making a console-based configuration
> program that doesn't suck, and making a console-based
> configuration program that doesn't suck is harder than making a
> textfile-based configuration program that doesn't suck.

As if you would know anything about it.

> A good human interface designer (a skill set that s very rare
> among good coders) can make an excellent configuration program
> using any of the above techniques.

Nonsense. The quality of code, the output of which you can see is
a reflection of the quality of code, the output of which you cannot
see. A sloppy programmer is a sloppy programmer. Linux,
unfortunately, has more than its fair share of moronic coders. The
popularity of trash "languages" such as perl and bash testifies to
the truth of this.

cordially, as always,

rm