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From: "Fred A. Miller"
On Sunday 04 June 2006 12:18 am, Doug McGarrett wrote:
The Linux developers have realized that the computing community has standardized on a particular GUI, which can be fiddled with, but not really changed. Just like the dashboard on a car, or the controls on a clothes dryer. There's nothing wrong with the M/S Windows GUI. It can be tinkered with, but time has shown that people are satisfied with it. I am. I am disappointed when something says "May I?" after telling the machine to print, or whatever, but that's a minor glitch. Those who would rather not see a Windows-like GUI have alternatives, which have not been very popular, AFAICT. How many questions or notes on the other X-windows GUI's have you seen on this list? The tremendous groundswell against GNOME tells you that the KDE clone of the Windows GUI is what everyone out there wants. And if Linux is ever to become a desktop system, it will have to have the same dashboard, the same shift pattern, as Windows.
Unfortunately, this IS true.
Fred
Ever read I, Cringley? While I do realize the site of www.Microsoftlinux.org is a joke, Cringley, made a valid point (between 2001-2003) that Microsofts strong point with their OS is the desktop interface. He suggested (blasphemy according to Microsoft) that they put their gui, on top of Linux, and build their own version, while incorporating, it's security features, and their proprietary codecs, and the like. In a way, it seems to me, they started down that path, once before, with NT/OS2, as it was trying to gain some posix compliance, and multiplatform capabilities. They would just have a better toolset with Linux (IMHO). -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com