On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:34:16 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 28/01/2014 14:28, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> Really?, Try that approach at a carrier network support center, > >> where > >> > new stuff is rolled out to cutomers without first explaing, warning > >> > and offering up options..... It's shows a blatant disrespect for > >> > the existing customer base. Nobody in business, treats existing > >> > customers that way, imho. In industry, punks with that mentality > >> > get *FIRED*.... > > Yes, really. People boot a distro's live CD, maybe install it, and > > make quick decisions about whether they like it or not.
> James isn't talking about whatever the latest flavour of the month > happens to be that you like. He's talking about the firmware running on > carrier core, or on the black box installed at the customer's edge. Or > the company portal that lets our customers drill deep down into their > traffic stats or do monitoring or investigate billing. > > I work in carrier and that shit is sacrosanct so change it at your > peril. I really couldn't care what desktop the user runs today as I > don't support any of them, just the API we present to the world. > > I think you are looking at this from the POV of a desktop end user, > while James and I are talking about infrastructure that the end user > only gets to use, never change. The question was about desktop usage, it was about moving from KDE to LXDE. How things work in a completely different environment is irrelevant, the rules are different. -- Neil Bothwick Politicians are like nappies Both should be changed regularly, and for the same reason
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