Dear Evan, AMEN!
Regards, Flint On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Evan wrote: > Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:00:34 -0000 > From: Evan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Bug 1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share > > I have a friend who is a very bright but nontechnical user. She is > scared of Windows update because it occasionally very slightly alters > the way her computer works. She consequently didn't install any updates > until I pointed out that in addition to these very slight tweaks, it > also theoretically would make her computer stop misbehaving. In MS- > Land, that's only theory, and the frustration makes her care very little > about making any changes at all. She knows from experience that no > change to her computer has actually been for the better. But here, we > have the potential to turn that theoretical improved reliability into > actual improved reliability. > > This is not a usual opinion, but I think the single biggest draw we can > ever have for regular users is Stability and Predictability. 5 years > ago, no one was mentioning that because (1) nothing ever crashed, and > (2) we practiced specification- / documentation-driven programming. > However, in our rush to beat MS, this "nothing ever crashed" has > degraded to an "almost nothing ever crashes"; the specification driven > programming has degraded into a innovate-innovate-innovate model. We > need to hold on to our roots. > > My point is: don't lose sight of our strengths in trying to work on our > weaknesses. > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > Kindest Regards, Paul Flint (802) 479-2360 /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. Paul Flint Barre Open Systems Institute 17 Averill Street Barre, VT 05641 http://www.bosivt.org http://www.flint.com/home skype: flintinfotech Work: (202) 537-0480 Fax: (703) 852-7089 Consilium gratuitum .~. valet /V\ quanti /( )\ numerantur ^^-^^ -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs