		MESS Windows : A Perspective

When MESS finally brought out "Windows" it was paraded as being
one of the best innovations to appear on the personal computer
scene, even though Apple, Commodore and X-Windows had introduced
much better systems in previous years.

Windows, even the MESS variety, allowed users to interact with a
Graphical User Interface or GUI that was supposed to have many
advantages over the usual disjointed application interfaces that
had been marketed by industry giants.

The GUI was to be standard in its presentation and help
eliminate problems with doing things.

Most users are very visual minded, that is, most users are
attracted to images and using a GUI is a way of satisfying their
need for images.

Most GUI's, although simple, are very complex to develop and
maintain.  So behind even the simplest Windows object is a
MASSIVE amount of software development, expense and bugs.  And
Windows creators often neglect the proper development and
testing through simpler computer schemes of Input, Processing
and Output, that were easily accessible through a Command Line
Interface (CLI).
