[geeks] OT Rant: A wish for GUI Telnet

Kevin kevin at mpcf.com
Thu Jan 30 02:55:53 CST 2003


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FSecure SSH is what i use when i am forced to go through a
Win32 box.  It seems OK.  Maybe not as clear as WSFTP to this
genius of a developer you've got there, but it should get the
job done.

/KRM

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:08:01 -0600
Brian Dunbar <Brian.Dunbar at plexus.com> wrote:

> That's what they asked for.  GUI telnet.
> 
> See, today I visited the guy who 'develops' an application
> that sits on one of my servers.  I casually mentioned that
> we're going to be removing unused services from 'his' box. 
> Things like telnet, FTP, CDE ... the usual stuff when you
> move a system from development to production.
> 
> He got upset.  Really upset.  He showed me how he's been
> getting into the box to edit the csv files.  FTP.  WS_FTP,
> actually, from his Windows system."You'd better give me a
> graphical means of navigating and editing, and it can't be
> that Unix crap, I don't understand that stuff".
> 
> So, I'm thinking with part of my mind about stuff like ... a
> GUI CSV, or cygwin for X but mostly what I'd like to do is
> metaphorically sling his GUI-self out the window.
> 
> Thank you for listening.
> 
> Brian Dunbar
> ----------
> I think people tend to forget that
> trees are living creatures.
> They're sort of like dogs.
> Huge, quiet, motionless dogs,
> with bark instead of fur.
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