Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 01:24:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: Matt Adam <sylphid AT infomatch DOT com>
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Subject: Re: What good is GEM?
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On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Matt Adam wrote:

> > What good, exactly, is GEM?  What apps will it run,
> > and otherwise what advantage(s) does it provide?
> > 
> 
> for us people that have a working knowledge of command-line processors
> (and feel comfortable using one), the advantages are probably very slim.
> however, if we want to actually take a bite into the poplar computing
> market, a GUI is a necessity.  most people have no clue how to use a
> commandline processor, and they don't want to learn.

That is a very sad truth.  Even though it is sad, (and true) GEM
will have to be at least as capable as windows (that sounds
really funny!) to be very useful.  I suspect that this will come
to pass from the sounds of it though.

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