* sturlamolden (Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:44:22 -0700 (PDT)) > On 11 Jul, 14:39, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > The Unix model is: a collection of general-purpose, customisable > > tools, with clear standard interfaces that work together well, and > > are easily replaceable without losing the benefit of all the others. > > This is opposed to the "Windows model" of a one-click installer for a > monolithic application. Many Windows users get extremely frustrated > when they have to use more than one tool.
*sigh* There is no Windows nor Unix "model". There is only you-get-what- you-pay-for. On Windows, you're a customer and the developer wants to make using his application as convenient as possible for you, the customer. On Unix you don't pay and the developer couldn't care less if his application works together with application b or how much it takes you to actually get this damn thing running. And as soon as developers start developing for Unix customers (say Komodo, for instance), they start following the "Windows model" - as you call it. Thorsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
