Comment Re:Oh, this won't end well... (Score 1) 1134
Average Users (Joe Web Browser or Sally Word Processor) don't use or need a CLI, never have. That goes way way back to the DOS days by the way (obviously before Web Browsing), when a dual floppy was required to boot DOS and load Wordperfect. They didn't know DOS and didn't need to. But bet your ass some guy used a CLI to make the Average User function day to day.
No way dude. The common WP DOS user needed at least minimal DOS knowledge to admin their system. In the USA, dual floppy systems were more the exception that the rule. In order to use a DOS hard disk box with multiple applications installed, your going to at least need know basic things about paths. Once you're walking the dir structure with the command line, moving/ deleting files, formatting floppy disks, etc the more complex stuff can added be organically.
I suspect many a computer nerd was born from the need to run WP or some odd game on DOS.
