Hi All, Since programming is done by people, who often have a motive behind their actions, the question as to why this is happening is not technical, but sociological. The new 'winds of change' that are affecting free unix like OSs like Linux, are powered by a deep belief that users are often unwilling to make the least of efforts to understand what goes inside their computers. Furthermore, 'modern' computer users are those who use a computer for surfing the net, write emails, watch youtube, listen to music, and maybe, to sometimes use a wordprocessor to write a short document. The technical weirdo is left for 'gurus' who are often seen as people without a social life and sometimes even who have difficulty socialising.
What I am noticing on this mailing list, is that discussions that often are related to sociological situations are often seen as purely technical. Follow the money to understand why all this is happening. More users mean more customers, more customers mean more support, and finally more support means more gain. I firmly belief that those who are implementing these changes understand the shortcomings of their new solutions, but they are paid to implement them, and pay is much more important than all philosophical and technical reasons put together. After all, it is money that counts. Edwad _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
