On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 09:53 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: > > > > > I don't care *why* there is more choice in Windows.
That's your problem. You have no powers of analysis. You ignore cause so you get it completely wrong when trying to argue about effect. > I was simply stating a fact. There are a ton more choices in > Windows than there are in Linux. Ton? Wasn't aware software weighed anythng. Since you take everything to be an absolute and literal I decided it might be a good thing to do so with anythng you write ;-) > So if changing the look and functionality of a Windowing Manager > (which is what Daniel said the programs I suggested do) is not the > same thing as using a different windowing manager (which I would > imagine would look and behave differently than the other one.... > hmmm, just like changing the look and functionality.....) how is > there a difference to the end user? Lot's of ways. more expensive, less flexible, not easy to contribute to the software - which of course didn't figure too much with closed source because they assumed once a monopoly was established they could charge premium rates and not bother too much. > I mean I could potentially skin AbiWord to look and feel just like > OOo Writer. I doubt you could do that at all easily. > And I added some hooks into OOo, where they could switch to OOo > programs from AbiWord, and basically made AbiWord work and look > *exactly* like OOo - to the end user, who would care which one they > used? > > If changing the "windowing manager" makes windows look and behave > differently - *AND* - adding these cosmetics or general applications > makes windows look and behave differently - who the * cares which way > you got there? If the end user has a different experience either way, > it really doesn't matter, does it? Didn't think so. > > *NEXT!* LOL. Chad, grow up! -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL
