RE: GUI necessary?

I'm confused too. Can somebody explain what the differences are between
"common" CUA and/vs. GUI as defined by IBM and maybe the
MS/UNIX/Apple/Amiga/whatever world defines CUA/GUI standards? I know they're
out there; I've seen CUA paragraphs in some AS400 manuals but never in
relation with anything like MS's or UNIX world versions.
My assumption currently is that there is some overlap of some kind but
where?

BTW, technically, isn't "greenscreen" a primitive GUI? It, engineeringwise,
is truly a graphical display (just using alphanumeric symbolics, yes?) with
low-level coloring/fonts/windowing?.
Also, can anyone explain how future DB2 BLOB support will affect programs
and displays. If I'm serving up sound, video, picture graphics in my future
DB, how are we integrating that into standard RPG with respect toward DDS
driven screens and two-color displays? (Upgrade time, I suspect)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Denis Robitaille
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 10:14 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: GUI necessary?


>Now i am really confused. I always tought that GUI meant Graphical User
>Interface. If i follow your logic and i put in my green screen program hit
>F3 to finish, hit F7 for $20, F8 for $50, I then have a GUI application???

>I would apreciate if someone, among the numerous very knowledgable people
on >this list, could post a definition of GUI. I think that some of the
>difference of opinion on the subject comes from the fact that GUI means
>different thing to different persons.

Denis Robitaille
Cascades inc.
Tel: 819-363-5187
DRobitaille@cascades.com


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