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From: Chris Ahlstrom on 20 Jul 2010 16:45 Bernard Peek posted this message in ROT13 encoding: > On 19/07/10 23:23, Nix wrote: >> On 13 Jul 2010, jasee(a)btinternet.com outgrape: >>> The main trouble with Linux is there are so many different flavours and in >>> many ways the 'makers?' have tried to emulate windows system by providing >>> even more exotic visual effects and a plethora of applications >> >> Uh, there's something *wrong* with providing a lot of applications? > > Yes, it means that you need a wider range of support skills and that can > get very expensive very fast. It's a manageable problem but it is one > that has to be managed. > > It also presents users with lots of choices which slows them down while > they try to choose between them, often with no information about the > different options. Even worse they slow other people down by asking them > questions. > > It's quite fundamental to the open source movement that choice is good. > It certainly can be but like most other things it's best taken in > moderation. We've beat such prescriptions to death already. The larger community presents a big ferment of choice. The smaller community helps each user both to choose and to work with his/her choice. -- SANTA IS BRINGING GOOD WISHES FROM ALL THE MICRO ARTISTS GANG! MAY 1988 BE A HAPPY YEAR! \__\_ :. ___/ ..\ /-- :.______ : .:* : . _ .: :.. . : . . : ()_ .: (( \. :./(__ :._O_)________:______,____:____/ *\_o ====(( \: (****) (***) :. ...: .. . ()_______/\\ __-' \____(( \ ()oo()_/ /.: : ..________/_____ll -/.: .. ( (( \(())))__/ . .. \\.: ..( ) ll ( l_.: ( / (( \__*__)___:___ : : )) .) /--------\ \ \ ( / ((_____________) .. // . / / /..:: . )_)_\ (____/_____________________\__// : /_/_/ :.. :/_/ \_\ /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/
From: Nix on 21 Jul 2010 18:22
On 20 Jul 2010, Chris Ahlstrom outgrape: > Nix posted this message in ROT13 encoding: > >> I wouldn't want to *lose* this huge diversity of applications, but it is >> nice to see that effort is being made to avoid crushing users under the >> weight of silly names. > > Like "Nix"? It's historical. (Just like a lot of the sillier old Unix tool names.) > Just teasin'! Don't tase me bro! You're not my bro unless you had a name change (and are a zombie, and my brains are not for sale as comfort food, sorry.) |