[OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

[Bill Davidsen]

James McKenzie wrote:
> On 3/21/11, Ralf Corsepius<rc040203 at freenet.de>  wrote:
>> On 03/21/2011 11:34 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
>>> On 19/03/11 05:21, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>>> On 03/18/2011 10:15 PM, Chris Kloiber wrote:
>>>>> I may have to skip F15, which saddens me.
>>>>
>>>> Why?  If Gnome 3 is in F 15, it's going to be in 16 as well.  Just move
>>>> to a different desktop, like XFCE.
>> ... or a different distro, which is equipped with DEs which better match
>> an individual's demands.
>>
> This is certainly an option.  With Linux we have that ability.
> Windows users don't.
>
>>> I can see the logic in that, but it's a shame.  If everyone who wants
>>> a bit of user interface stability jumps ship there will be no brakes
>>> on the Gnome developers at all: they'll just carry on deleting user-
>>> configurability and adding kewl new features.
>> Isn't this what the people who are promoting Gnome 3 in Fedora intend?
>
> I don't think that is the intent.  I don't think this is the intent of
> the Gnome3 developers either.  However, as Linux moves from a niche to
> prominenance we are going to pick up the ID10Ts that will click on a
> button just to see what happens and then cry when their Gnome
> installation is broken and cannot follow obviously simple
> instructions.  Then they go out and trash Linux.  Never mind they
> brought this upon themselves, Linux sucks and that is their mantra.
> Yes, those of us that know better will have to suffer.
>
Yes, Linux wouldn't be safe if you let people just click on things to see what 
they did. It would be like Android. Wait, there's a hint as to how people react 
to freedom, bring back GNOME-2.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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