Re: I hate the slogan "computing made easy"

[Toby Jaffey <toby earth li>]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 09:42:59AM -0400, joseph@lascaux.ca wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David F. Newman <dnewman@maraudingpirates.org>
> To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:09 AM
> Subject: Re: I hate the slogan "computing made easy"


> > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Toby Jaffey wrote:

> > > > GNOME: Way better than MS Windows.

> > > No, it's not. There is not way gnome is even as stable as the windows
> > > gui.

> huh? did I miss something ?
> I thought Windows _was_ the gui, and _only_ the gui, and that it was so
> tightly  strung together that the slightest change in one would cause all
> hell to break loose. If I am right, then comparing GNOME to Windows would be
> possible.

I am thinking of windows 3.11, which is just a gui shell. I still don't
think that gnome is anyway near as stable as that (not in my experience
anyway).

(Obviously is doesn't take the machine down as much, but that's due to
the OS, not gnome).

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