Come now...taking over the world PC market isn't going to happen over
night. It has to progress normally one PC and one user at a time. In my
opinion what really needs to happen is that all the different distros and
window managers need to quell "aLL" of the infighting and fussing that is
going on between them, i.e. the Gnome - KDE war of this past summer, and
show a united _LINUX_ front.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, john rigby wrote:
> Ha folks,
> The real problem with the slow uptake of the fantastic Linux
> System is that it *is* trying to be all things to all people.
> There is a VAST difference between the BASIC USER and the
> TRADITIONAL *ux HACKER.
> The 99.99% of people out in the Cyberbog that Linux NEEDS to
> reach/convert to save us all from Bill, do not need now, in the
> future, ever, ANY Development Tools.
>
> The ideal install situation is maybe a 2 disk set:
> Disk A: SIMPLE up-and-go basic Linux with USEABLE *OFFICE*
> APPLICATIONS vis: StarOffice, KDOffice, Browser, IE Lookalike
> Mail program and that is it. NO, repeat NO, Developer stuff
> needed.
>
> Disk B: All the Developer stuff - and certainly no GUI needed.
> Hackers like to get dirty and "change their own oil". :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> John-The-Perpetually-Frustrated-User-ONLY- (Since Fortran and
> CP/M)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux
>
>
> quote from the artical:
> The week before Christmas, CNET News.com editor Todd Volz blasted
> most of the major commercial distributions, including
> Mandrakesoft, for shipping bloated product. While most of the
> bloat comes in the area of developer-oriented features, i.e.
> mulitple compilers, screen setting controls etc., Voltz viewed
> the business community's reluctance to slim things down for the
> regular user a distressing sign.
>
>
>
>
