Re:Time to give up on the Command Line (Score 1)

If graphical interfaces are so great, why are they constantly being re-invented? I learned the basic Unix commands 10 years ago, and still use them every day. I'm still learning, but the new knowledge adds to the old. Ten years ago the GUI world was ruled by Windows 3.1 and MacOS 6.2. How relevent is that experience? Sure, we still use menus and icons, but GUI's don't become productive until you learn all the toolbars, buttons, tricks, shortcuts, and quirks that let you avoid the menus and icons. You can toss what you learn along those lines every time someone from Cupertino or Redmond proclaims the latest "innovation." I would rather be working than learning new interfaces.