Hi. On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 09:35:32AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > R> The usual arguments apply. Don't like it - patch it. Patches are > > > R> welcome. > > I wondered how long it would take for that phrase to emerge, so everyone > in a position of control can hide behind it yet again. > > > > Say, "can you translate Odissey from ancient greek to Rovigo > > > dialect?" > > > > Nope. But I can pay to someone who does, assuming that I want such > > translation. Same as everyone else. > > > > > That is a petty example (if you can, my kudos!), patching is not a > > > thing this easy to do. You have to be a programmer good enought, > > > then you have to understando how the program works and how to change > > > it. Then you have to write the changes and possibly test it against > > > existing test cases, it requires skills, it requires time. > > > > ... and there are those who did it already. But then again, for me > > GNOME project went off-rails (usability POV, not a technical one) long > > time ago. Patching the GNOME to restore sane behaviour is harder than > > avoiding it. > > +1000!
Um, Gene. You are aware that I wrote both arguments, are you? > > > Gnome goal is noble, to let unskilled users use it. > > > > I recall hearing similar rhetoric 25 years ago. Some Operating System > > who's name starts with big W, and it had 4-color flag for logo. Some > > say that rise in popularity of said OS involved an unspecified amount > > of unconventional off-market negotiations and a bag of dirty tricks. > > We all heard the same "sermon" and ran like hell because we already were > familiar with both their market controlling efforts and this same bag of > dirty tricks a bar of good soap has little effect because you simply > cannot make them palatable in a free market. > > I see Linus is drifting back to his older style, issuing the desktop > people a whipping they are in need of over the weekend, saying 90% of > why linux doesn't control the desktop is that there is not a > standardized, one size fits all because it can do all things desktop. A link please, LKML will suffice. If Linus is back after that CoC story in all his former glory - I need to see this. Reco
