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Re: [opensuse] KDE3-4 did teams change?
- From: Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:46:12 +1100
- Message-id: <4939BD44.1080906@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fred A. Miller wrote:
WATCH IT, Fred! Just watch it!
:-)
In the very early 90's I ran a BBS. The author of the software was a
brilliant man and came up with a number of firsts in the world re
software innovations.
One day I upgraded the BBS only to find (the users found it first!) that
suddenly there was no keyboard support to be able to use the system. BIG
screams of angst from everyone. I go to the author to point out that a
bug suddenly came into the system -- but his response was that it was
not a bug but a feature. WHY?! I asked.
The reply was that one has to look to the future, and that the author
did not use the keyboard but only the mouse to use the system and he
therefore saw no reason why others shouldn't use the mouse- so he
removed the keyboard support.
So, when I read all this "rant" about KDE4 with it's bling and its loss
of functionality compared to KDE3 I automatically go Back To The Future
to the early 90's and say to myself, "Been there, done that".
Ciao.
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Will Stephenson wrote:
[snip]
When I read the rest of this thread, I saw unfounded conjecture and a
tendency
to assume that KDE and openSUSE don't care about long term, loyal users'
needs. I don't really understand why. We are aware of KDE 4's current
shortcomings, and we've tried harder than any other distro to make sure that
KDE 3 remains a viable alternative while we work to resolve them. The sky
isn't falling!
'Glad to hear that. ;) PART of the problem is that there have been some
who've given us snotty responses to criticisms, which is GOING to happen
when one takes something as polished as KDE 3.5, replace it with a new
version that is radically different and sorely lacking, and further tell
us we have to live with. NONE of use are that hard to get along with,
well maybe Basil is the exception :),
WATCH IT, Fred! Just watch it!
:-)
In the very early 90's I ran a BBS. The author of the software was a
brilliant man and came up with a number of firsts in the world re
software innovations.
One day I upgraded the BBS only to find (the users found it first!) that
suddenly there was no keyboard support to be able to use the system. BIG
screams of angst from everyone. I go to the author to point out that a
bug suddenly came into the system -- but his response was that it was
not a bug but a feature. WHY?! I asked.
The reply was that one has to look to the future, and that the author
did not use the keyboard but only the mouse to use the system and he
therefore saw no reason why others shouldn't use the mouse- so he
removed the keyboard support.
So, when I read all this "rant" about KDE4 with it's bling and its loss
of functionality compared to KDE3 I automatically go Back To The Future
to the early 90's and say to myself, "Been there, done that".
Ciao.
--
Be nice to people on your way up - you'll see the same people on your way down.
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