There was a period in the early-mid 2000s where CLIs were considered passe and an emblem of the past. Some developers relied solely on graphical IDEs on GUI-oriented operating systems, and the transition to Linux everywhere broke that trend. Some people didn't take Linux seriously because it was CLI oriented.
Funny, I've totally missed this.
I was in an area with a lot of Windows and Java shops where this mentality percolated.
You don't remember the period where Linux was considered a joke compared to NT or "real" unices? Maybe I was just around a lot of elitists.
I don’t remember that at all.
Maybe in some circles.
Windows and Java developers used Visual Studio and Eclipse. Everyone else used command-line tools.