"Michael Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see no reason to imidiately switch everything to eclipse-ecj and > gcc-4.0 when it hits debian. We live from freedom of choice and mono > cultures are bad.
We've talked about this some before, but I'll put in my two cents here for "choice is ok, but sometimes too much choice is bad". The difficult thing is defining "too much choice". People are often worried about choices, especially in cases where a "wrong" choice might cost them invested time or money. And they are even more worried when they don't have the tools or knowledge to evaluate that choice as well as an expert could. One of the reasons Ubuntu has been successful, IMO, is that there are fewer choices to make. Experts have made them for you - although if you are an expert yourself, of course you can 'fix' any changes that you don't care for. This is about investing money, but the psychology is relevant: http://www.columbia.edu/~ss957/thefewer.html So what do I think "too much choice is bad" means for Debian? Well, I don't think we should exclude anyone. We aren't Ubuntu. On the other hand, perhaps it would be sensible to pick some "good defaults" and encourage them, while making sure that it's easy for those who wish to do so to swap them out for their own choices. Ciao, -- David N. Welton - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ Apache, Linux, Tcl Consulting - http://www.dedasys.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
