On 2010/08/16 20:33 (GMT+0930) Rodney Baker composed:
Experimental DEs existed but they remained fringe. Now KDE4 devs think they can invent something better than hundreds of people could not invent for third a century? They are so confident in their endowments that are forcing users into their new vision.
Who's forcing anyone? Did anyone hold a gun to a user's head and say, "use KDE4 or else" (or anything else of the sort)?
The forcing is indirect. Intelligent people want and expect available security fixes and the occasional new features that are actually useful. This is only possible by upgrading the OS when its "support" period expires. Of the many users of the various Linux distros, few are as lucky as those of openSUSE, due to its preserving the ability to continue using the DTE that best gets the job done for them, KDE3. For the most part, "support" for a mature product like KDE3 isn't really needed. Most of its users either don't hit whatever bugs remain, or have learned to work through or around them. They remain able to continue to get their work done without disruption from needing to learn major new paradigms, or finding alternatives to the missing or buggy features their work depends on. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org