Where are we going in the Fedora development?

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 01:00:38PM -0800, Brian Mury wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-24-11 at 10:07 -0600, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> > Are changes being made for good reason or just to be different?
> 
> > In the back of my mind I would like Windows users to switch to Linux seeing
> > it can be presented in as friendly appearance as Windows is to them.
> 
> Well, let's see... Every time I upgraded to a new version of Windows or
> Office, I had to search around for stuff that had moved somewhere else
> (even though the functionality hadn't changed).
> 
> I understand your concerns, but I don't think the comparison to Windows
> helps your argument. :-)
> 
The comparison to Windows is from a cosmetic point of view not in
order to say the windows look is ideal. The point is that we believe
that Linux is a better product underneath but its continued existence
depends on attracting users who are co-opted to use Windows by
agreements between Microsoft and hardware manufacturers.
On the other hand a precious responder correctly pointed out that the
look and feel of FC3 is a result of Gnome developers not Fedora
Developers. Therefore my complaint is misplaced.

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