Brian K. White said the following on 09/09/2010 03:47 PM:
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When too many people don't understand something and/or don't care to even try to understand, then the broken system that popularity==validity results in the knowledgeable minority being forced by circumstances outside their control to live with, participate in, and even commit, broken crap themselves even though they know better and are willing to do better.
Thanks for that.
Ah. Yes. Betamax vs VHS Linux vs Windows I'm sure subscribers here can think of many more examples. Anyone who has visited the technology shows such as CeBit in Germany will realise that here in North Amerca we are a backwater that has to settle for "old stuff" even though it marketed to us with the razzle dazzle. Perhaps someone can comment on issues like 'tethering'. -- Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. -- Tom Stoppard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org