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It depends... Again, I'm not completely sold on Metro - I think it is a good start and this is the right direction and all, but it is lacking in some ways. That said, Windows still has a CLI. When you buy a book on how to use Windows you probably won't find much if any coverage of the command line or its usage. Same with OSX. But it is still there, because it is sometimes really, really useful. Its mere existence is not a barrier to learning the basic (even advanced) usage of either OS (unlike Linux), but there can be many benefits if you want to delve into it and some people do. It was not always like this though - back during the Windows 3.1/95 days saying "you don't need to know DOS at all" was simply not true. Things evolve...

I see the relationship between Metro and the traditional GUI the same way. It will be a long while until anyone can say "you really don't need to mess with the classic desktop", but it will get there eventually. People using Windows say "you really don't need to know the command line" all the time - its mostly true... but its still there and some people cannot live without it.


Well we have been trying for 25 years... And almost every operating system in existence has had to give way to having at least 2 interface modes (GUI + CLI) - even Apple gave up on GUI only... Its not ideal, but it is practical.


I have yet to see a UI that is simple enough for consumer use and powerful enough for expert use... If someone builds one Ill be the first to applaud it - but until then we have to make do.


See my previous commment... Windows and OSX and virtually everything else still has CLIs too. If you don't need it and never use it then it amounts to one icon (which you can delete) buried in your start menu - ironically much the same way that the classic desktop is buried in Metro.


No doubt. I think it has legs though, but I'm just a guy with an opinion. Well see I guess.

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