> 
> Personally I like [the new GUI] and feel that we have 
> made huge strides in the functionality it provides.
>
   I'm all for a leaner, better-looking, more-functional GUI whether it's
written in Java or TCL or pig latin as long as I'm standing at the console
or working over the LAN. But from home, over dial-up, it just won't fly. I
_can_, however, SSH in over a modem connection and then run the
character-based interface quite well (the survival of which I'm *very*
grateful for); I can use motif interface from my linux laptop with better
speed than the Java interface on my Winders 98 system.
>
> I know that change can be difficult, but try it folks you 
> might like it.
>
   Actually, it looks like a _lot_ of work has gone into this new version,
and I think everyone at Veritas is to be commended for all their effort.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improvements, but when I lose a tool I
_need_ then I get cranky.
   I'm looking forward to the new version of NBU -- calendar-based
scheduling alone made me do a little end zone dance when I saw it the first
time, while the news of Bare Metal Restore made me get light-headed -- and
I'll happily use the Java GUI when I upgrade. In fact, just to start getting
used to The Java Client Way, I've already sworn off the motif GUI
cold-turkey. [Heck, if the new look-n-feel makes the Windows admins a little
more confortable restoring to a Unix system, then I'd be content.]
   It's just like I said: I need that lean, mean, motif client when I'm
operating with restricted bandwidth, and I don't think I'm alone.
-wde
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Will Enestvedt
UNIX System Administrator
Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI