From: Chris Gehlker <gehlker@...>
Date: 2002-07-26T04:00:04+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: GUI's and the Rouge, Part III (yes, finally) 1/2

On 7/24/02 5:15 PM, "Dossy" <dossy@panoptic.com> wrote:

> Do customers (of software) pay for core functionality, or
> the GUI?

It really depends. Video games don't have any core functionality other than
a GUI. Software for operating power plants, refineries, etc is starting to
have nice GUI's too but the selling point is still that the plant will
operate more efficiently.
-- 
There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity
that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to
trees and plants. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)