James Knott wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Thursday 25 December 2008 17:06, Per Inge Oestmoen wrote:
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Yes, it is a loser's game, because Microsoft and Apple specialize in dumbness and limited functionality and have no impulse to give users maximum functions and choice.
This is a grotesque misunderstanding of what these firms do. It is akin to saying that the introduction of the electrical starter for the internal combustion engine catered only to those too weak to manually crank their car's engines into operation.
The very sad truth is that today's computers are abysmally arcane and hostile to those they purport to serve. Sure, if you're sufficiently versed in information technology, you can make sense of their behavior (let's say, at least 2/3 of the time) and mostly adequately control their operation and bend it to your will.
But seriously, this is an absurd state of affairs. Implements should not demand of their users a complete understanding of everything that goes into their operation. It's as if you couldn't be expected to work a can opener unless you understood metallurgy!
If specialized training in computers is required to use them, then their creators (among which I must count myself) have _failed_! (Thus far...)
I'm not saying there shouldn't be easy desktops for the masses. Just don't take away the flexibility & function of KDE 3.x to do it.
Sorry to burst your bubble, James, but KDE3 in 11.1 is *NOT* the KDE3 in 11.0. Just try playing a DVD in 11.1/KDE3 using kaffeine (xine will play a DVD but kaffeine, which uses the same xine engine will not); try using k9copy in 11.1/KDE3 and you will have k9 crash on you. Anyone installing 11.1 is only asking for trouble - whether it be with KDE4 or KDE3.
From where I sit, 11.1 is yet another disaster from Novell.
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